O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree...

Last night we went to the Christmas Tree Lighting in Pioneer Square. I'm a sucker for anything Christmas. :) It was a pretty big event, so we ended up standing across the street from the square. That was all fine and good, except that the stage in the square was facing away from us, and they did not put up any speakers facing the crowds around the square. What that amounted to was about 40 minutes of "wah wah wah, wah wah wah wah" (remember how the adults talked in Peanuts cartoons?) and muffled music before any lights! After much anticipation, we heard a countdown break out in the crowd, and knew it was finally time. Wahoo! It was okay though, the crowds were mildly... entertaining?... in the meantime. Yeah, we'll go with that.

Here is the gigantic 75-foot Douglas Fir pre-lighting:


And voila! Post-lighting:

And for your viewing enjoyment, the countdown and actual lighting!

There you have it. Since the crowd was around 25,000 people (most of them trying to navigate the streets with litters of children and monster-truck-sized strollers), we hightailed it outta there as soon as it was lit!

I'm off to grab dinner at Cha! Cha! Cha!, the best cheap Mexican place ever!

Oh, in case you're reading, HAPPY BIRTHDAY KARIE! I hope my bestest cousin forever has a wonderful day and doesn't have to deal with too many ka-razy holiday shopppers. XOXO!

Love,
Jenny