Winter is back at Sunshine Realm

Winter is back at Sunshine Realm

It's a little late this year. But now it's finally time, the winter is back at Sunshine Realm. And at least in Central Europe the winter hasn't arrived in the RL yet. But now it is finally here at the Sunshine Realm. And it will accompany some of our events for the next 3 months.

After we cleaned up to prepare everything, the Caribbean beach, where we celebrated so many wonderful events over the summer, was cleared today. So there was enough space for our new winterland, and by tidying up so many prims that we could get started. We also tore down the wall behind the alcoves to create a transition between the street with the Sunshiner's Pub and the new winterland. After some start problems the design developed even faster than expected. And even if some smaller decorations had to be added and some small things had to be fixed, we were finished after less than 4 hours. Its each time so much fun to build together with Misty. Hand in hand, and often without much coordination and planning. Spontaneously following a common idea, simply using fantasy.

The street is again a Christmas market this year. We will open it with our event "Winter Wonderland" on Saturday, December 14th. In the alcoves came the new stage, a winter pavilion, and over a bridge you get to the winterland behind. We are very much looking forward to this event. And somehow the Advent season is always something special. And Christmas markets have a long tradition in the Sunshine Realm.

We can look back to 2016 and the old Trails End Music Hall Club, where we built the first Winterland 2016 in a Skybox. And there was also a Christmas market where we celebrated the Christmas Holiday here. It was a spontaneous reaction to the cowardly terrorist attack on the Christmas market at Breidscheidplatz in Berlin. I didn't want to let my fear control me and thank my friends here in SecondLife for the awesome support and wonderful help. Many spoke with me at that time and it was my way to thank me. And we also built a winterland in 2017. At that time the Sunshine Cove Beach Club had just closed and I had opened my homeland. At that time we were not sure what 2018 would bring and if it would go on at all. But Valantine and I built it and Yezika and Vanny supported us as DJ without the tips. And it should somehow be the beginning of today's Sunshine Realm. And of course we had a Christmas Market here too.

So it was even nicer to build another winterland the following year. Misty and I had a lot of fun building a fairyland with Winterland 2018, and it was one of the most successful venues. We had a lot events here in the Winter 2018 / 2019. But it's difficult to rank, because we had a lot of very nice events in 2018. That's what I put together in the Youtube video "Farewell 2018 Sunshine Realm". And there's also a reminder video for Winterland 2018. And of course we also built the Christmas Market in 2018. Still as a reminder of the cowardly terror attacks and to say "Fuck you" to each of those idiots who think that terror against innocent, even children and women is justified. We are not afraid". Christmas is a time of new beginnings and forgiveness.

The centre of the Winterland is again the pond for ice skating where we celebrated some great events last year. The pond is only turned by 90° this year. But there is also a 2nd smaller pond for ice skating this year and again a lot to see left and right of the paths. And this year we did without the panorama walls and added some offsim stuff. So the Winterland invites to a visit again since today.

We will open the winterland and the big pond this year with our event "Christmas story time by the campfire" on Friday, December 20th. Then we will have also repaired the last little things and everything will be ready. But already now you are welcome to come and explore and relax for a moment, close your eyes and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of a winter landscape that transforms our world into a fairytale land. Because the time has come, "Winter is back at Sunshine Realm.

The first pictures are collected in a Google Images Album. Maybe you just take a look inside. And if you want to see it for yourself, here's the landmark that will get you into the Sim. Have fun exploring our new Winterland 2019/2020. Maybe also to take some pictures and use it as a backdrop. You are welcome to share them with our Flickr group "Sunshine Realm". And maybe you want visiting one of our events here at the new Christmas Market or our Winterland. You will find informations about Upcoming Events here in the blog.