Last night we participated in Needham's first
Luminary Stroll to benefit our Community Center.
It was a beautiful start to what we hope will be an annual tradition here in Needham and one we feel particularly attached to visually!
It was delightful to see so many twinkling lights placed in front of homes and along driveways, and we loved the flicker of the candles in the night.
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| An example from the Luminary Stroll website |
We had a few wineglass shades in our studio and couldn't resist adding them to the mix!
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| Our Obama 2012 Wineglass shades! |
The Luminary Stroll website provided a history of Luminaries that we thought was interesting:
The original luminaria was a series of small bonfires lining the roads.
Luminarias are associated throughout history to ancient traditions of
communicating and celebrating through connected bonfires.
In the early 1800's, US settlers in the Southwest brought beautiful
Chinese lanterns to hang from their doorways instead of building
bonfires.
But the Chinese lanterns were too fragile.
In the 1820’s, when Yankee traders brought brown paper sacks down the
Santa Fe Trail people began to make small paper lanterns out of paper
sacks as an alternative to bonfires.
Today they are used to line sidewalks, driveways and walkways as a way
as a way to be open and welcoming to neighbors and community.
We try to create a similar sense of warm personal communication with our internally lit decorative pieces.
Thank you Needham for the inspirational evening!
