The Festive Season 2006

What a festive season it has been this year. We had a packed month planned between a city trip, checking out the lights in the neigbourhood, visiting Santa in the town square, a Christmas party and some friends for dinner on Christmas Day. Work has been a little quieter throughout December, but we have had a lot of fun decorating the office and adopting a family for Christmas. There are pictures here. This picture is from the Kris Kringle market in the city, but more of that later.

The first event was the lighting of the Libertyville tree and a visit from Santa. The high street looked excellent and many shops had taken part in a local competition for the best windows. One of the local choirs came along and were singing Christmas carols. You can see some pictures here of the lights, the town tree, and some of the neighbourhood lights.

The next event was the city trip. We wanted to check out the biggest and oldest flea market (car boot sale) in the city, since the late 1800s. We bought some odds and end, and then headed downtown. We wanted to see the King Tut exhibition but it was fully booked. We also wanted to see the Christmas Tree exhibition at the Museum Of Science & Industry. The MSI is an excellent day out, with way too much to see for a few hours. We did check out the U505 exhibition, an excellent train display and the Christmas Trees from around the world exhibition. We finished the day by going to the Kris Kringle market, with a lot of European market stalls, foodstuffs and gifts. There are lots of pictures here if you are interested.

The party on the 16th was great fun, we partied hard until midnight with most people, although I didn't make it to bed until 2am. We had a full bar, lots of wild dancing as you can see, and some great fun playing a new game, called Snorta, that we got for an early Christmas gift.

Click here for more pictures from lots of pictures from the party

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