It seems every Christmas the decorations are being put up sooner and pulled down earlier.

According to Christian traditions today is the last day the festive decorations should be up and indeed they still are up in Rundle Mall. I’ll check again tomorrow to see if they have been taken down!

This self portrait taken using the famous ‘Rundle Mall Balls’ as a mirror captures the late night cleanup of the streets after yet another retail day. My apologies for the poor quality of the image but it would seem that the Adelaide City Council is not really into polishing their balls very often, if ever!.

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 372, The Twelfth Day of Christmas’. 1/30s f/2.8 ISO1600 200mm