Other Christmas Season Traditions...

Saturday I took Sara down to see her cousin Emma sing in a choir

from her school. They were performing at the Arlington Stake Center.

Local choirs are invited to perform every 30 minutes in the

chapel for people to enjoy. Of course,

it's a missionary type experience... and an impressive tradition.

Every year during this time some group of ambitious people

transform the whole building into room to room vinettes of

Nativities for 2 wks. This is to say they set up backgrounds and

back drops and people from the ward/stake/community

bring their Nativity collections for display.

It's incredibly amazing... easily over a thousand sets...

the one from Kenya made from Banana tree leaves was

pretty amazing. This year they set up a stable in the gym area

and provided all kinds of costumes that people could wear

and make their own live family nativity and take pics.

Clever.

After that we grabbed the rest of the family and went downtown

for our small town like Christmas parade where

classic car zealots and hot rodders get to polish up their jalopies and

parade them down the street pelting the crowds with candy.

Firetruck, marching band, motorcycle cops, trailers of

boy scout troops and red hat ladies...

you know, typical parade fun...

There's only certain occassions

when toddlers riding in the back of a truck is acceptable.

I did mention the candy right?

Caleb has learned how to capitalize on that little benefit...