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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Santas, Santas Everywhere

Some scenes from the Santa Parade (NYC seems to have parades for everything. The Halloween Parade, of course, but also the Mermaid Parade. Maybe we should institute even MORE parades. Like….like what? The Insect Parade? The Pirate Parade?). We didn’t actually attend. More like we tried to navigate through the sea of Santas with a stroller to walk from home to Union Square. We saw elves, walking candy canes, reindeer, a Spider-man pulling a Santa in a rickshaw, and several Grinches in addition to Mr. and Mrs. Claus. The Santas in Washington Square Park (below) were chanting HO HO HO and

OH, the WEATHER outside is FRIGHTful, but the FIRE is SO deLIGHTful….

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Santas in trouble:

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So…if you could start a parade of anything in your hometown, what would it be?

2 Responses

mordicai

That’s SantaCon! I know a few people in it.

Dr. Keneth Noiswater

Hava you seen my shoelaces?

P.S. Don’t you look at me in that tone of voice!

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