This year, my Christmas Painting is a sequel to my 2023 Christmas Painting.

I had intended to paint this sequel last year (2024) but I simply was not wanting to paint (painter’s cramp??).  Well, here it is and I am quite pleased with it.  

The 2023 painting was my version of Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas with a few liberties I took.  This painting, as my personal ‘sequel’ is completely mine.  I even brought over some pieces from the 2023 art to kinda tie it in.

Here is my Christmas story about this.  In the 2023 piece, you see a bustling of Santa’s elves as they scurry about creating, packaging and moving toys into Santa’s sleigh in preparation for his annual journey around the world.  If you look at the top far right of that scene, you’ll see two elves putting toys wrapped in round plastic bubbles (remember bubble gum machines? That’s where the ‘prize’ in the plastic containers came from, who’d known, right?). And they are pushing  these toys down as they empty out the workshop behind them — down a conveyer-type metallic track.  Behind those two busied elves is what I imagine to be Santa’s personal workshop.  And that is what I made 2025 Christmas painting about — Santa’s personal workshop.

Therefore, if you look at the 2025 painting, you’ll see some of these rounded-packed toys rolling around on the floor. The elves have successfully emptied out the shop as Santa puts some final touches on a few toys.  His cup of hot cocoa is on his side-table warming him up before the long ride.  He’s quite content though as he as thoroughly checked his list (for the second time, I believe) of eligible recipients.  Naughty in red and Nice in blue!  At the top is the entrance to the main shop.  You can see those same 2 elves busily working on that toy conveyer.  Santa’s secret entrance, is well, ok … I guess I can tell you — is behind the bookcase via a small stairway to the top and a pole he slides down to his awaiting sleigh and Reindeer.  Yet, there are times he needs a break, so you will see the multi-windowed door with a pathway he’s trodden many times.  Maybe he thinks as he tokes on his favorite flavored pipe.  But this I know, he is ready to once again deliver all the toys to the world’s children.    And it is then where the only words you’ll hear from Saint Nick is “Ho-Ho-Ho —- Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night”!

Well, now — wasn’t that fun?  It’s like one’s personal journey with Santa.  So, there is no choice but to BELIEVE! 

*To those who follow me, yes, the ‘secret signature’ IS there.  Can you find it?

Also, I’ve included below a painting of Mr. Grinch and a YouTube recording of my piano piece, “Silent Night” from a few years ago.

Meanwhile, here are some links to paintings from past Christmas’:

Christmas Paintings 1

Christmas Paintings 2

Terry Kuder Jr.

a.k.a. ‘Tmagik’ 

(Above is the 2025 Christmas Painting — the Sequel to 2023’s painting)

Two paintings below for this Christmas 2023 — one is Santa in his workshop at the North Pole.  The second one is that ‘ole Christmas thief — yes, you know him — the Grinch!  

Details follow below the paintings.  Enjoy!

It has been a few years since I painted a Christmas painting.  This year, I decided it was time.  So, on Oct 15, 2023, I began this year’s official Annual Christmas Painting.  Hopefully, I can continue to do so each year.  And with this painting, I left an ‘opening’ to be able to continue.  Therefore, the above painting is really incomplete.  The ‘model’ I used was Thomas Kinkade’s “Santa’s Workshop”.   I didn’t want to mimic, but to achieve the same look and feel — so, I took a shot at it.  I’m pretty happy as to how it turned out.

I had planned on Santa’s workshop to be much busier.  However, this painting took me 91 hours to get it to this point.  Quite frankly, I was painted out.  So, I made the decision to stop where I was at and continue next year.  There are more toys, elves, and even another floor with a lot going on.  I will add this next year.  That makes this painting a depiction of Santa’s workshop there in the North Pole as a ‘work in progress’.  Notice, the elf beginning to decorate the tree and the elves at the workbench are just getting started.  Santa is checking his ‘list’, but has only checked it once so far.

The track with bubbles filled with toys — that’s from a long time ago.  Well, this is what a factory line in the North Pole would probably look like with metal tracks running across ceilings from floor to floor.  There is even another floor that I want to paint as a possible continuation to this scene.  So, I finished this painting (for now) on November 26, 2023.  Each detail put in by me (NOT A.I.!).  It is how I imagine Santa’s multi-story workshop is being set up at about right now!  

In case you wondered — I do believe in Santa Clause — don’t you?!

Enjoy and Merry Christmas.  Hug and love one another NOW, without delay.

Terry Kuder Jr.

’Tmagik’

P.S.  Yes, secret signature IS there and I made it easy.  So, Merry Christmas.

Note: Post-publish, I realized I had forgot to tell you my elves special power in this painting.  As you will notice, whenever they walk or run, little snowflakes fall from their steps.  Don’t you wish you could do that?

Very rarely do I video myself playing the piano.  This is an exception, as I wanted to share some Christmas spirit through the song, “Silent Night” (one of my favorites).  Enjoy and Merry Christmas!