Thank you to all who participated and thank you California Peggy for making it all happen.

Every photo here is stunning and fits the brief! I have no idea which one to vote for!! Excellent work, DU photographers!!

Beautiful, entries all. Thank you, Peggy, and all who entered pictures in the contest.

Then I had to stare at the city park photo for a while because... though I am not too happy with people right now, that is an amazing picture of how a whole city can just come together for some moments of joy in the snow. It is the modern version of one of those old Dutch paintings of the ice skaters and winter.

My usual favorites are outdoor photos that segment things or zeroes in on some usually overlooked detail. This month is a gold mine for that! All that snow and space and light and form.

My cat, who looks just like the cat in the photo, is curled up next to me and wanted to vote for Meowy Christmas.

But I'm afraid it is the wee finch that stole my heart. The robin? She's all happy with her berry. She is the joy of winter. But the cold brooding finch feels more like the mood of today. Hunkered down, going to weather it out, spring will come and this smallest of birds will show it can survive the hell of winter. Just like us.

Go finch, go!

Thanks for a lovely view!

So it's a luxury to get vicariously frozen. It sounds as though all the local birds made it through, though.

Well done DU photogs!

everyone just so engaging- thank you cp!

It's always hard to choose.

Difficult choice to select my favorite! They’re all great!!

Great entries. Congrats to everyone.

I could have voted for any one of 6 photos. But, I had to choose one.

Thanks to all

There are some serious beauties here and it was soooo hard picking just one!