Artist Notes:
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Wish your wonderful niece and her husband a Merry Christmas with a card featuring a beautiful staircase set against a red wall with a window view of a snowy scene with a tree decorated with Christmas ornaments. Original design by Laurie Schneider, elements by Digital Designs by Elena, La Galerie de Jackie. FYI: Evergreen trees have been synonymous with Christmas for centuries. Early Romans used evergreens to decorate their temples for Saturnalia, a festival they celebrated in December. When Christians began associating the birth of Christ with these previously existing winter holidays, they picked up on the evergreen tree as a symbol of eternal life,
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