Merry Makers

SHIP SHAPE: Another fun, busy, pre-Christmas day for MPA. 

We worked around the house this morning, and then this afternoon struck out for points north. 

Eventually, we made our way to Mukilteo, where we had a lovely dinner with G&G and watched "The Snowman." 

When we were on our way back south from up north, imagine our surprise as we closed in on Lake Union and saw dozens upon dozens of boats bedecked in holiday lights!  

We made a minor detour to Gasworks Park, on the north shore of Lake Union. Though throngs of people were descending upon the place, we lucked right into a parking spot and hot (well, cold, really) footed it to the waterfront.

There was a huge bonfire, Christmas carols were blaring and hundreds of people were merry-making.  We weren't prepared for the scene or the frigid weather, so we didn't linger. Nor did we have a camera capable of capturing the beauty of the boats.

There were so many, and their lights were so pretty. My horrible cell phone photos don't do it justice. This short video (below) from the event a couple of years ago gives you a better idea of what we saw.
https://youtu.be/8zC57HVo6RE

Lucky us!

GLEDELIG JUL:  For whatever reason, a video popped up into my Facebook feed today showing the staff at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo trying traditional Norwegian Christmas dishes. I showed it to the kids because they have a fairly wide swath of Scandinavian running through their DNA. But whatever your heritage, the short video is interesting and entertaining. 
https://youtu.be/8U2tQCWCErM