Santa arrives in Concord

Hi Everyone!

I can't believe that Christmas is just around the corner. I still have a couple more things to buy and then I am done. Yeah! I'm still not done decorating the inside of my house but I still have time! The outside is done - very simple this year. I have swags on my windows with maroon bows and then I have spot lights lighting up the house. That's it this year. No Christmas trees outside, no reindeers, no icecicle lights on the house, no lights lining the pine island, etc..... Just very simple!






Friday night Rusty and I took the kids to see Santa arrive in Concord. This year Santa arrived by helicopter. It was really neat. The DJ told us when Santa was spotted on the radar and everyone was looking around in the sky and the next thing you knew - here came a blue and white helicopter flying pretty low. It circled around a couple of times and then it started to land. At first it was facing away from everyone and then it turned around and faced us while still hovering. It was very cool. Carrigan loved it but Alan was a little freaked due to it flying right over our heads. Once it landed - out came Santa Claus! What an entrance!!! Carrigan said that the reindeer didn't come this year because Santa didn't want them getting tired before the big night.






The kids had a really good time. As you can see - Alan did not sit with Santa this year. He was very content with Rusty so we were afraid to push it. He wasn't real happy about the helicopter so we thought we would not even try to get him to sit on Santa's lap. Carrigan told Alan that she would tell Santa what he wanted this year for Christmas and she did.







Ebenezer Scrooge (aka Rev. Swain W. Penn - New Hebron Baptist Church) made his appearance. Carrigan was really funny - she said that he was not the Scrooge - instead he was the "Mad Hatter". I thought that was pretty good for a 5 year old! Finally we convinced her who it was and she was fine with it.






After Carrigan saw Santa we went and rode on the carriages. That was a lot of fun and kids had a good time. Carrigan was lucky enough to ride up front with the other kids once we got off. She thought that that was the best!

The weather was pretty chilly Friday night but that did not stop everyone from having a good time. They had fire boxes placed several feet apart and that seemed to help everyone stay warm.

We are looking forward to going back next year. It's neat living in a small town and seeing everyone come together!


Happy Shopping!!!

Kim