Christmas Magic

The second painting in The Believing Years captures the exact moment Christmas morning becomes real. Wrapped in a rich magenta blanket, a little girl with tousled golden curls stops in her tracks, her aqua eyes wide and her mouth open in a gasp of pure delight. Behind her, the fire glows low and warm, the tree twinkles with tiny lights, and a pile of presents in pink, teal, and lime green waits beneath its branches, tied with ribbons and dusted with gold stars.

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Painted in Billie Shannon’s signature jewel tones, Christmas Magic is a celebration of that breathless, wide-eyed instant when a child sees what Santa left behind. It’s the look every parent and grandparent waits all year to see.