Merry Christmas!
We took our annual post-dinner walk in a neighborhood that does extensive outdoor decorating on rather small lots--and has sidewalks. Many Santas, Olafs, reindeer, and penguins. We skipped the street that has dragons. Lots of candy canes. A large number of draped single strings of lights from a single source to create a tree effect. Many nets of lights over bushes. Very few projections this year, and very few of the multiple icicles in boring white from the eaves. (I think that trend continues in ritzier neighborhoods. It was beautiful when it started, but quickly got overdone.) A full moon (or close to it), misty sky, balmy (circa 45-50 degrees) temperature, and dry sidewalks completed our pleasant stroll that turned into a one-mile hike.
