+++++ What Thomas Kinkade said about this work +++++ "I find that the places where I feel most comfortable share a sense of neighborhood, the familiarity of long lived-in buildings, streets and gathering places where people come together in good fellowship, and, above all, brightly lit homes warmed by the light of love. "I've chosen to honor this warmly American institution by portraying a hometown that I hope reminds you of your own during that pre-eminent celebration of home and family — the Christmas season. "Hometown Christmas is not a snow scene, because many of the Christmases I most enjoyed growing up were not blessed with snow. They were, however, charmed with the warmth of hearth and home, a special light that radiates through the misty air on this joyous morning." ~~Thomas Kinkade