Holiday Event 4 of 4 - Celebration Lane

Yesterday we completed our fourth and final holiday activity.  Bellevue Square's "Celebration Lane."  It's a hard thing to explain.  I described it as "parade-like" to Steve and after the show, he pointed out that there was no parade.  So maybe that isn't the best description, but it is kind of like a parade if the parade was on each side of the sidewalk instead of in the middle of the street and the performers stayed still instead of marching by.

This event goes from Thanksgiving to New Year's Eve - but before Christmas it's called, "Snowflake Lane" and it is more Christmas focused.  After Christmas, it changes to "Celebration Lane" and it's more New Year focused.  The lesson I learned this year, is the Snowflake Lane is much cooler than the Celebration Lane. 

They both have live toy soldiers that drum to the loud music and big toy soldiers on stilts walking around the crowds, but Snowflake Lane also has people dressed up in costumes like snowmen, reindeer and ice princesses and the fake snowfall is plentiful and is enough to dust all the onlookers with a coat of faux snow.  The Celebration Lane snowfall was just a small poof of confetti that floated away immediately. 

But, Owen loved it!  He was fascinated with the drummers and really had fun watching them and running around the street.  It was another one of those times where when it was time to leave, the tears were a-flowing.  But it's definitely another event we will definitely be repeating next year!

Holiday Activity #4 - Complete!

P.S.  Here's a picture of the group we were with (except Steve, he was taking the picture.)  Can you count how many kids under 13 are in the photo?  (hint: there are 5)