Christmas Town

 One of the first things that drew me to this

little town was it's "Hallmark Town" feel.

We call ourselves the 

Christmas City of the High Plains.

Yesterday we got the flier in the mail...

They do it up RIGHT.

On the Saturday following Thanksgiving every year

(for the past 73 years... this is #74.)

Next year is going to be spectacular!

There is an all day Christmas Bazaar

at the fairgrounds.

A Frosty Winter Wonderland scavenger hunt

at the local historical museum (in

the parking lot of the fairgrounds...)

At the library they have a free puppet

show "Good King Wenceslas".

Then the local meat market is aying for

an hour of free Santa tickets.

The downtown Santa's Workshop

from 4:30 to 8:30 is free horse and

wagon rides, they have a couple fun little

trains pulled by yard tractors that they use

on Sidewalk Saturday - those will be running.

Kids games and goodies at the various

downtown shopping venues...

Soup Supper tot he VFW.

(They have fun activities every other

Friday night - usually involving food and beer...)

Starting at 5:30 in our main street square

they will have live music with the tree lighting

ceremony starting at 6 and SANTA arriving to

pull the handle and light the tree at 6:30.

Just like in a real hallmark movie!

Hahahaha.

And then Santa goes back to our little

North Pole to visit with the kids.

It's a big event!

Follow along on Facebook at the GetWakeeney page

or www.WaKeeney.org.

There will be MANY MANY people there, so we 

won't do ALL the stuff, but we HAVE to be there

for the tree lighting.

I'm excited already!

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Speaking of excited, look what showed up

in our mail delivery yesterday!

Thanks Mom and Dad!

We will wear them with pride (and for luck)

to the event on the 20th.

(I'm wearing mine again today because they are warm)

Yesterday was a sort of miserable day.

It was cloudy, drizzling, and chilly.

Only made it into the 50's.

Felt like February in Florida.

But this morning it is the same temp,

but the sun is shining and that makes ALL

the difference in the world!

HAPPY DAY!