'All is calm, and all is bright'
Published 12.15.2021
– Photos by Larry D. Kauffman, digital publishing specialist/photographer
![... brilliantly delivers its gifts, right on time.](http://www.pct.edu/files/news/images/2021/12/21_121321_61078.jpg)
... brilliantly delivers its gifts, right on time.
![The](http://www.pct.edu/files/news/images/2021/12/21_121321_61079.jpg)
The "broken-down" Dodge truck that greets passersby near College Avenue Labs ...
![At the eastern entrance, newly refurbished pillars exude warmth.](http://www.pct.edu/files/news/images/2021/12/21_121321_61071.jpg)
At the eastern entrance, newly refurbished pillars exude warmth.
![Even with the fountains turned off, there's much to appreciate along the entranceway – including a tin soldier on watch outside the](http://www.pct.edu/files/news/images/2021/12/21_121321_61072.jpg)
Even with the fountains turned off, there's much to appreciate along the entranceway – including a tin soldier on watch outside the "guard house."
![Replicating the red, white and blue motif of the fluttering](http://www.pct.edu/files/news/images/2021/12/21_121321_61073.jpg)
Replicating the red, white and blue motif of the fluttering "Stars and Stripes" across Hagan Way, the lights of the Veterans Holiday Tree shimmer outside Madigan Library.
![Think this is pretty now? Wait'll you see it shining through a snowy blanket!](http://www.pct.edu/files/news/images/2021/12/21_121321_61074.jpg)
Think this is pretty now? Wait'll you see it shining through a snowy blanket!
![A dandelion sprinkler on warmer days, this attraction by The Victorian House is no less stunning when turning wintry blue.](http://www.pct.edu/files/news/images/2021/12/21_121321_61075.jpg)
A dandelion sprinkler on warmer days, this attraction by The Victorian House is no less stunning when turning wintry blue.