I am not good at close shot. 
My hands are not so stable as the tripod, for I only have 2 hands. 
I like those tree light decor, shining like the spotted small stars in the dark nights. Did you see those blue light on the right side of the post of 20th Dec.? This photo is a close shot: the Moon couple and the Star couple…a very happy gathering? I hope you guys have the nice festival gatherting too.  Here you can see the big edition.
Update: 12:30 22nd Dec
Thank, James. I realized that today is the 冬至(dong1 zhi4)/冬节(dong1 jie2) when I woke up this morning. 
  Dong1 zhi4 is the most important solar term of the year. Dong1(冬) means cold winter, zhi4(至) means arrival. On the day of Dong1 zhi4, on the north half earth, the daytime is shortest. And in Chinese culture, dong1zhi4 means much more: the coldest days are coming along; its the time to prepare for the coming Spring Festival. So today people in the northern part of China, people will eat the dumplings, and in the southern, the rice glue balls is the necessity. And in the old time, today all the family members should get together, before the dinner the whole family will hold some ceremony for ancestors. But for me, I never experienced this kind of ceremony. A little pity~~
la lumiere bleue sur cette boule fait penser a la terre bleue vue du ciel. pas facile de prendre des photos comme cela sans un trepied.
the blue light on this ball makes think of the blue ground seen sky. not easy to take photographs like that without a tripod.
to me they are as good as stars, the almost always cheers me up!
very pretty. i love the xmas lightup esp. here in finland when it is always so dark and grey..
very cute caption to the picture.
BTW, did you forget to give us lesson on 冬至?
Jing, this looks like a double date to me.
I like this close shot, you did well!
Very pretty!
Very beautiful and cute stars!
Thanks for telling us about the Dong1! Interesting.
very nice post.
how foolish, i thougt yesterday was the first day of winter
How romantic!
Lisi, from the Hong Kong DP, has a great Dongzhi post today. In my experience the Winter solstice, which occurs today, is used mainly as a good excuse to party. That and a silly childhood wise-tail which says that on the Winter solstice you can stand an egg on it’s end.