Christmas Season in Brunswick

Hello to all.

On Friday night, Mandy and I attended the much advertised lighting of the town Christmas Tree. The mayor was to recite the "Night Before Christmas", the tree would burst alive in a rainbow of color, carolers would sing, a band would play Christmas carols, the shops would all be open for business. We arrived five minutes late and found the tree illuminated but deserted. Can anyone recite "The Night Before Christmas", sing and play carols that fast?

Anyway, the photos are of the tree, the town, and two guys playing Christmas songs on their brass instruments. They were delightfully off-key just like in the opening to "A Christmas Story" as Ralphie and his friends studied the window display at Higbees Department store. Also is a photo of Santa when he wandered into a local restaurant/bar and sang with the guitarist.

Obviously, we were also in that bar Friday night to have captured that image. We had wandered through the shops and decided to have a drink since we had exhausted our entertainment options. Mandy and I have a magic trick that we often perform. We walk down a street then tun into a bar. It's a great trick.

Saturday, we created a Christmas Tree of our own. Mandy had purchased a string of 100 lights, a few decorations, and some scented sticks that smell like pine. We wrapped the lights around the post on which the salon table is mounted and decorated them. A photo of our "Christmas Tree" is one of the photos above. We were watching Tim Allen's "The Santa Clause" on our computer and you can see him on the screen in the photo.

Our dock neighbors left for the Bahamas this morning which makes us eager to get going too but in order to save money we will stay planted here for a while since we have bought a month of dockage. (Pay for 5 days and get the next 25 free)

Our other neighbor will be heading out to sea in a week to cross the Atlantic to their home in Scotland. It's hard to see our new friends leave while we remain in port. I sometimes stand at the end of the pier and look down the river to the bridge that we will pass under again when we continue our journey South.