Had a wonderful time at the tree lighting in Downtown Manteo tonight. Of course the highlight for me was when the children come upstairs and tell Santa what they want for Christmas, get there picture taken and get a candy cane. A good time for everybody! And I'm looking forward to the parade tomorrow morning!
We probably had about 75-80 children come through in an hour so I'm hard press to remember what all their wishes were. One fellow wanted a bearded dragon and a dirt ...bike, not sure if he was going to teach it to ride or just escape! A couple of the girls wanted nail polish and one girl wanted a truck. One little girl asked for a skateboard and when I mentioned she needed a helmet and pads, she told me she already had those! She did seem the adventurous type. Lots of little ones and most did sit on my lap for pictures. Only had a couple that flatly refused! All in all a very nice evening. Now which suit should I wear for the parade, temperature will be in the 40s I hear!
Pictures to follow, if anyone got any shots this evening I'd love to see them! And to all a good night!
PS: And this morning while getting dressed for the parade I remembered two other things from last night! There was one little girl that told me she wanted just two things, a bike and for her whole family to be together in one house and be happy! Almost breaks your heart and all I could do was give her a big long hug!
Then there was the little guy who, after he told me what he wanted, he asked, "What do you want, Santa?" I told him that on Christmas morning after all the deliveries, I wanted a footstool to put my feet up and a nice big cup of hot chocolate(with a shot of rum, but I didn't tell him that part!)
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