Last night we attended Lake Mary's Annual Holiday in the Park/Tree Lighting Ceremony. Much bizarreness ensued. The mayor, along with a large group of children, counted down and the beautiful tree in central park was lit. Actually, it took several seconds after they hit "1" for the lights to turn on, but hey, who's counting? Oh yeah - everybody. Immediately after the lighting, the musical entertainment broke into everyone's favorite Christmas song... "ole, ole, ole, ole - feelin' hot, hot, hot!" and then everyone formed one of those bunny hop/tango lines and danced around the park. In the distance, you could hear the beautiful sounds of Santa's sleigh bells... wait... that's sirens... getting much louder! Suddenly, three squad cars come screeching around the corner, followed closely by a fire truck, lights ablaze - and out jumps the big guy himself!
This photo shows Santa being led through the crowds by the head Police Elf. Santa's handlers had to form a human chain so that the kids (and their camera-wielding crazy parents) could not form a mosh pit around him. I think the picture is funny, though, because it looks like Santa is being arrested by an elf and chased by the paparrazzi.
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
2 comments:
Ah, the wonderful old holiday traditions!
Life is certainly never dull in sunny Florida.
interesting...
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