Christmas Lights Parade

Lindsey, James, Jenny & I went downtown for the Christmas Lights Parade. It was very good--and we were pretty warm until the wind blew! Fortunately, a quick stop at Starbucks solved that problem...Enjoy the parade with us! I don't think that these guys were very cold! Yes, that's FIRE!There were plenty of marching bands, playing festive Christmas music. It sure got people singing along--rousing choruses of "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells...!" Their uniforms and instruments were lit up, glittery and sparkley, and they brought us all a lot of joy! There was a lot of wildlife-
Go penguin, go!Southwest Airlines was there, too! If you've ever been on an overnight with a SWA crew, you'll know why I'm classifying them as "wildlife!"No Christmas parade is complete without a Chinese New Year's Dragon!There were well-behaved horses....And not-so-well-behaved children!Dancing timepieces,Gingerbread houses, and Gingerbread men!Twirling poinsettias!The Nutcracker Suite...And the Nativity-the reason for the seasonaccompanied by Shepards and Angels.The most famous reindeer of all!Dancing packages...no, my name wasn't on any of them...Santa finally showed up...hooray! Merry Christmas! Are you in the Spirit, yet? If not, grab a Peppermint Mocha, put on some Christmas tunes, and let yourself be filled up with the magic of the month!