Sunday, January 26, 2014

Catching up 2013 - December - Holiday fun

We wanted to make sure that in the short time between Thanksgiving and Christmas that we fit in some holiday fun. We had a bit of snow so there were a few snowball fights. The snow was not good for snowmen but given how our winter is going, we still have plenty of time to build snowmen.

We decided to brave howling winds and driving rain (in December!?) to visit the Santa's Village display in Avon. I had seen the famous displays once, just before they were dismantled and discontinued. Joe had fond memories of seeing the window displays as a child and we both though the boys  might enjoy them.

The displays are similar to the displays in the windows of downtown Cincinnati department stores that we visited as a family many years ago.

Enjoy!

Christmas band

Carolers in the snow

Joe, Jason, Kevin and Kathy and Santa

Jason views the display

Happy Holidays Joe

Kevin and Jason enjoying the displays

A girl in the Milliner's shop

The Milliner's shop

Hi monkey

The newspaper stand

Children enjoying Christmas

The malt shop

Children in the malt shop

A shoe shine and a young boy