Merry Christmas! Hope you have a wonderful, safe day with family and friends.
Photo © CJ Levinson 2022
Merry Christmas 2022
Christmas
Merry Christmas 2021
Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating today. Hope you have a wonderful, safe day with your family and friends.
Photo © CJ Levinson 2021
2020 Calendar Available Now!
I’m pleased to announce that my 2020 calendar is now available for purchase!
The calendar features 12 landscape images from around beautiful Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and The Hunter. All of the photos were taken this year and the calendar includes several photos I haven’t shared before.
I’m very proud of all the photos – they’re some of my very favourites and I think they show different sides of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie which is what I wanted to achieve.
The calendar is A4 size and costs $25, including free postage worldwide. The first 20 calendars will also be signed and include a personal message as a thank you.
You can buy the calendar through my Etsy store or below via PayPal.
Makes a great Christmas gift if I do say so myself! 😉
CJ Levinson Photography 2020 Calendar
2020 calendar featuring 12 images from Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and The Hunter.
A$15.00
Self-Portraits (Part Two)
I took these last night for a bit of fun. I like to do some festive self-portraits in the lead up to Christmas and after I had a lot of fun doing my some studio-style self-portraits a few week ago, I thought I’d do these in the same style too. I like how they came out and I did some more normal, non-Christmas themed portraits too. Hope you like them.
Photos © CJ Levinson 2018
Ripper Little Christmas (an Aussie Christmas Song)
I finished writing another of my Aussie Christmas song earlier today. I left it a bit later than I wanted to this year but I’m glad I got it done.
This is my eighth song now and this year I settled on doing an Aussie version of Holly Jolly Christmas called Ripper Little Christmas.
I chose it as it’s very recognisable and should be an easy one to follow. I also chose it as it’s just a fun song and we could all use a bit of fun after this year, don’t you think?
It’s more inspired by the original song than a true parody (I changed the rhyming and structure a bit as I didn’t want it to seem too cutesy) but it also lets me tell a bit more of a fun story, which is what I wanted to do too.
I hope you enjoy it and if you have any suggestions for next year’s song, let me know. 😀
Ripper Little Christmas
Have a ripper little Christmas
It’s a beaut time of the year
We’ll have lots of fun in the sun
And a glass or two of beer
Have a ripper little Christmas
And when you go to the beach
Say hello to mates you know
And shout em a cold one each
Oh oh look how the lights glow
So pretty on the tree
Grandma’s baked a cake again
Save a slice just for me
Have a ripper little Christmas
Enjoy the fun and cheer
And make sure you have a ripper little Christmas
This year!
Oh oh look at Uncle Joe
He’s fallen asleep by the tree
The kids are playing in the yard
While we enjoy a cup of tea
Have a ripper little Christmas
Hold your loved ones near
And make sure you have a ripper little Christmas
This year!
My other Aussie Christmas songs:
The Aussie 12 Days of Christmas (2008)
Aussie Jingle Bells (2009)
We Wish You An Aussie Christmas (2010)
Deck the Ute (an Aussie Christmas Song) (2011)
Have Yourself an Aussie Kind of Christmas (2012)
Santa Matey (an Aussie Christmas Song) (2014)
I’m Dreaming of an Aussie Christmas (2015)
Sitting by the Tree
Lights, music
Gifts under the tree:
Another Christmas
Has come again
Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating today. I hope you have a wonderful day with much joy and laughter and have a peaceful rest of the year.
I took this photo last night for a bit of festive fun. I was trying to think of what I wanted for Christmas, then it hit me – I could really use another pair of hands around the house, so I asked Santa for a clone. My wish came true! Thank you Santa. 😀
I took this one too which was fun. We have three of these mice, they’re very cute. And mischievous as you can see.
And this one too. I try to do a photo in front of the tree each year. I like how this one came out in black and white.
Merry Christmas. I’ll have my annual Aussie Christmas song posted later tonight as well. 😀
Photos and haiqua © CJ Levinson 2016
In Front of the Tree
Carols and lights
Joy and laughter
Another Christmas
Is here again
A few photos I took by my tree last night. I try to do at least one nice photo with the tree each year to keep track of the years going by.
This year I found my Spock Christmas hat so I thought I’d use that for something a bit different. Yes I’m a geek. Tell me something I don’t know.
I did a couple of normal photos as well. I thought this one came out quite well.
I like this one with my glasses too. I don’t wear them as often anymore but I do still need them from time to time.
And this one in black and white I really like as well. Black and white doesn’t always suit me but with the lights in the background I think it works well.
Happy Holidays everyone.
Photos and haiqua © CJ Levinson 2015
I’m Dreaming of an Aussie Christmas
So it’s almost Christmas again. I finished another of my Aussie Christmas songs earlier. This is my seventh song now and this year I thought I’d do an Aussie version of I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas. I chose it as it’s one of those songs everyone knows so hopefully it’ll be easy to follow, and also because I wanted to tell a bit more of a story this year.
Christmas is a fun time but it can be very hard if you’re overseas and wishing you could be back home or waiting for a plane home. I wanted to try to capture that feeling as it’s a side of Christmas we don’t often see.
I hope you enjoy it and if you have any suggestions for next year’s song, let me know. 😉
I’m Dreaming of an Aussie Christmas
The snow is falling, the wind is cold
The airport is crowded and grey
There’s never been a colder day
And I miss my family so far away
It’s December the twenty-fourth
And I’m still waiting here way up north…
I’m dreaming of an Aussie Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the summer sizzles
And it never drizzles
And there’s cricket on the radio
I’m dreaming of an Aussie Christmas
With friends on a warm December night
May your summer be warm and light
And may all your Christmases be bright
I’m dreaming of an Aussie Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the hot sand glimmers
And the water shimmers
And we play in the sun’s golden glow
I’m dreaming of an Aussie Christmas
With my family holding me tight
May your days be filled with delight
And may all your Christmases be bright
And may all your Christmases
May all your Chrissie days be
May all your Christmases be bright
My other Aussie Christmas songs:
The Aussie 12 Days of Christmas (2008)
Aussie Jingle Bells (2009)
We Wish You An Aussie Christmas (2010)
Deck the Ute (an Aussie Christmas Song) (2011)
Have Yourself an Aussie Kind of Christmas (2012)
Santa Matey (an Aussie Christmas Song) (2014)
Santa Matey (an Aussie Christmas song)
I didn’t get a chance to do an Aussie Christmas song last year but I thought I’d do it again this year. I wanted to do a fun song and Santa Baby was one of the first songs that came to mind. It’s just such a fun, cheeky song and I could immediately see how I could make it more Australian, unlike with some other songs (I’d still love to do an Aussie Frosty the Snowman at some stage but it’s not the easiest to make Australian, for obvious reasons!).
This version is called Santa Matey. It was a lot of fun to write and play around with and definitely helped to make it feel like Christmas again. I hope you enjoy it. And Merry Christmas 🙂
Santa matey, leave a beer under the tree
For me
Been a really good bloke
Santa matey
So hurry over Sydney tonight
Santa matey, maybe a gift voucher too
Or a few
I’ll stay up for you champ
Santa matey
So hurry over Sydney tonight
Think of all the work I’ve done
Think of all the times I could’ve been having fun
I’ve really been very good
So won’t you leave me an Xbox One
Santa matey, I wanna Ford
And maybe I won’t get so bored
Been fair dinkum all year
Santa matey
So hurry over Sydney tonight
Santa ripper, there’s something else I’d love to see
A TV
To watch the Swannies next year
Santa matey
So hurry over Sydney tonight
Santa beauty, and stuff my stocking with a new phone
And tones
I’ll text you every day
Santa beauty
So hurry over Sydney tonight
Come and try my Christmas cake
It’s just like my mum used to make
I saved a slice just for you
I hope you saved something for me too
Santa matey, there’s just one other little thing
Some bling
Like a gold barbeque
Santa matey
And hurry over Sydney tonight
Hurry over Sydney tonight
Oh hurry over Sydney tonight