Tradition says that if you cut the branch of a cherry tree on the St.Barbara day (Dec 4) and bring it home (to the vase) then the blossoms appear on the Christmas Eve day. It really happened to us last Christmas. If this happens to a single girl then she gets married within one year.
Concerning the photography, I am a many-years family documentarist (two kids, rather many grandkids, one wife forever). It was not too difficult to persuade me...
