Portrait of the artist as a street fixture

Far from being a desolate wasteland today, Downtown Crossing was actually kind of lively, even if nowhere near as crowded as it might once have been just ten days before Christmas. This guy had set up an easel on Washington Street and was busy painting away.

There was one sad sight on Summer Street, though: A clearly emaciated Santa being forced to lay down beats to try to raise money for food:

Maybe if he earned enough, he'd get something at the nearby kabob stand:

Also on Summer, some guy was checking out a real angel:

Back on Washington, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Chipmunk was giving away candy canes for WROR outside E.B. Horn: