Christmas in the Pines!

Today marks the official day of the Christmas Season in my hometown! Can't you tell by my son's smiling face?
In my small hometown we launched the event with our anual Christmas Parade, Town Lighting and Fireworks!

Although our town is small the Christmas lighting is well know throughout our state. People travel from miles around to see the wonderland of lights!

As the Grand Marhall led the way the first raindrops fell. So we stood eagerly awaiting the festivities with frost bitten toes and numb cheeks. As a southern state our winters are generally mild, but today we felt the full force of winter. Cold rain and rapidly dropping temperatures. However, my little one loved it all, even though we had to thaw him out when we got home!

I tried to take some pics of the parade but with the rain I'm afraid they weren't very clear!