Warning: Cheesy Christmas Stuff!
Diamond & I took the girls downtown yesterday on the train
There was major snow coming in
So we thought it’d be better than driving
Plus, we all love the shit out of the train
Downtown was C-O-L-D
The girls didn’t know what had hit ’em
The whining started as soon as we got there
Seriously, the AUSTRALIAN (yeah, that’s me) was FINE
Like, didn’t whinge about the cold AT ALL
Pussies
Can I say ‘pussies’ in a family feel good post?
‘Course I can
PUSSIES
The big Macy’s department store is a popular place to go at Christmas time
The window decorations are amazing
No pics of them though
Everyone was TOOOOO C-O-O-OLD to walk around the outside of the store & check them out
So we went straight in to Santa’s village
Where we waited a little while
But his elves there told us that it would be at least an hour wait
So the girls decided that they’d already seen (the real) Santa this year
Below is the real Santa – according to Macaroni & Magoo
And had a video message from him too
So they were happy to head to the Walnut Room
With their Macy’s Smurfs
We were told that there was at least an hour-long wait to eat there too
But for some reason
Probably because I’m so ridiculously good looking
Or ’cause Diamond slipped them a twenty
We got in straight away
How cool is their tree?
Light up crystals make it look so beautiful
Best part?
The Walnut Room has it’s own FAIRY!
Worst part?
Apparently the FAIRY had PMS and couldn’t be persuaded to come to our table
Hmmm?
Anyhoo
As with all life’s crisis’
The solution is always FOOD!
And these snowman deserts made the girls forget about the rude fairy
And I’m confident that the dagger-glare-from-hell I gave her
Will haunt her dreams forever
Cow
Back to our happy place…
Let’s carry on shall we?
Next stop, we headed over to Daley Plaza
Where they have an outdoor Christmas market
And the biggest decorated Christmas tree in Chicago
That’s when the snow started
We took refuge in some of the little shops
But mostly, we stayed out in it
And enjoyed it
With the help of some hot chocolate
And a carriage ride around the city
Then it was back to Union Station
With time to spare
So we checked out some of their Chrissy decorations too
By the time we got off at our stop
We were in some S-N-O-W
Which meant Diamond had some shoveling to do when we got back to the house
While the girls & I made a snowman
This is Mum & Dad’s view in Australia, this time of year
And this is mine
There really is no place like HOME for the holidays
My home is wherever my family is
Australia or Chicago – doesn’t matter to me
But I’m probably bipolar
What a FANTASTIC way to spend the day! Makes me a bit…No, ALOT homesick, actually 🙁 America does CHRISTMAS BIG! Chicago does SNOW better than California though. I’d settle for a bit of SOMETHING CHRISTMAS…outside of my house! I think the Grench stole Christmas here…
MERRY CHRISTMAS, my beautiful friend! Enjoy your favorite time of the year! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing your Christmas Spirit!
LOVE YOU…MEAN IT!!!
Jxxx
Awesome – loved the pics too! Especially the snowing ones which I am about to show my two… am more than a little envious of the snow and prettiness. We have floods. Which is nice in its own way, but a tad muddy!
🙂
BB
PS MERRY CHRISTMAS MATE!