Posted by
RepublicanEvangelist on Thursday, December 25, 2008 1:06:01 PM
We spent last night at the annual Toluca Lake Christmas parade
http://www.christmascaroling.org/ . It is a local tradition that dates back half a century. The parade is basically a truck decked out with Christmas lights blasting Christmas music filled with people in Santa hats singing Christmas songs. Santa follows in his ride. Local residents crowd the streets as the truck and Santa goes by. Last night Santa even jumped out to walk the streets with the folks and pose for some pictures. Here are some videos and pictures :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32730061@N06/3134973872/ ,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32730061@N06/3134127143/ ,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32730061@N06/3134116703/ ,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32730061@N06/3134162011/ ,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32730061@N06/3134981168/ ,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32730061@N06/3134979902/ ,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32730061@N06/3134157891/ ,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32730061@N06/3134154285/.
Santa came last night with an assist from my wife who carefully laid everything out including matching reindeer baloons. The kids are still opening presents. They are currently crashing the Mini Coopers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32730061@N06/3103556197/ into everything in the house and tuning the radio in between stations. Calmness is not part of Christmas morning. More posts later, kids need me to open more presents and assemble the gifts contained therein.