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Thank you Olaf! :o)

You had a great show for New Year! Is it every year so splendid?

Yes, but this year it was a little less splendid than usual because of the financial crisis... but usually everything goes crazy around midnight here :o) Iceland is known worldwide for this and in the past years people from abroad have come to spend the New Year's Eve here and watch the show/chaos/crazyness, including some famous actors and movie folks ;o)

You are celebrating Christmas tomorrow, aren't you?

I guess the financial crisis is an additional reason for celebration in order to give people more positive emotions in bad times... ;-)

Today is the Christmas Eve and tomorrow will be the holiday itself. I have to say, most people in Russia have almost forgotten religious traditions because of antireligious propaganda in the soviet times. New Year is the most important holiday of year now and Christmas is sidelined. Though I'm waiting for some guests tomorrow, but this is just an occasion to meet friends, but not an important holiday as it is in the west.

Since I was curious about the Julian calendar I googled it and read a little about it... I love getting to know different cultures through my Ipernity friends :o) Thanks Angela :o)

That looks absolutely great! A fantastic shot!Would love to watch the Icelanders celebrating New Year´s Eve one day :O)

Thank you Corinna... hopefully you'll get to spend New Year's Eve in Iceland one day! :o)

Flott mynd Begga. Við hjónakornin stoppuðum í Varmahlíð um 23:35 á gamlárdagskvöld og horfðum á flugelda Skagfirðinga. Keyrðum úr Rvík :-)

Frábært hjá ykkur... hmmm... þegar ég hugsa um það þá hef ég hef aldrei verið "utanbæjar" á gamlárskvöld!

An absolutely stunning photograph, Begga!!! Marvellous capture. I think you could sell this somewhere (I suggest talking to Ragga!!! :-D :-D) I for one would love a really large, wide version of this to frame and put on the wall...

Ähm,can I get one for my wall too ? ;O)

Nigel and Corinna... lol, you guys must be kidding me! :D

Ok,ok...how much ? ..:D

LOL, if you really mean this I'll send it to you in larger version ;o)
And the price is... that you'll keep on uploading your fantastic traveling photos, allowing us to travel with you all over the world! :o)

Thank you so much Nigel... lol, but I don't think I could sell this here in Iceland... this moment could be captured so much better! ;o)

Yes indeed Begga, the wind was the enemy that evening, I experienced the same, :-) however a great shot, gives a good impression from that night

Thank you so much, takk takk Ester :o)

Wow, looks like everyone shoots off fireworks there. I guess the wind was enough to disturb your photo. It's frustrating when things don't quite work out, but's that's a photographers lot, I guess!

Well, that's because everyone IS shooting off fireworks! Almost every family in Iceland buys fireworks for that night and shoots them off from their own backyard or from the street in front of their house... it's a total chaos, but quite magnificent too! :o)

I would be freezing!!

It was a bit cold, but not as cold as usual... for example we had no snow this year :o(

Gaman að sjá rakettur!! Rakettur með priki bannaðar í Noregi:þ(

Bannaðar? Er þetta þá svipað og í Danmörku þar sem allt gengur út á sem mestan hávaða? ;o) Því meiri hvellur, því betra... þeir eru að flytja inn ólöglegar tertur í stórum stíl frá Þýskalandi til að fá sem mestu hvellina :D

Upplifði gamlárskvöld í Hrísey - mun rólegra!! Fannst raunar farið að ganga nokkuð út í öfgar í þá gömlu "góðu" :-) Kannski kreppan sé að koma okkur aðeins niður á jörðina. Fátt er svo með öllu illt o.s.frv.

Er reyndar alveg sammála þér... og ég væri sko alveg til í að vera á "rólegum" stað yfir áramótin einhverntíman :o) Ertu Hríseyingur?

I love the title :-)

LOL, thanks Paolo :o)

wow this is really great!

Thank you dini, it's always a great display of light and colours... and noise ;o)

But what you got is fantastic!

LOL, thanks! I'll try and do better next New Year's Eve ;o)

perfect

Thank you Nada :o)