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St. Charles Christmas Traditions The Finale – Twas the night before Christmas

That is one cool mustache twirl you got going on there, Santa. What does Mrs. Claus think of it? Hope everyone leaves out the good snacks for Santa tonight. Teri 🎄

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St. Charles Christmas Traditions Part 6: More from the Parade

In the parade there were characters from storybooks such as these ghostly and grumpy fellows from Dickens A Christmas Carol… The Sugarplum Fairy and a toy soldier from the Nutcracker Suite.. And of course characters that represented their respective countries/cultural … Continue reading

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St. Charles Christmas Traditions Part 5: Singing and Dancing

The parade began with local schools/groups singing Christmas carols but what I really enjoyed were the marchers in period wear dancing and singing. I wonder if during Dickens time did this ever occur or is that strictly just in the … Continue reading

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St. Charles Christmas Traditions Part 4: Puppy Power

While the majority of the humans were either milling about or getting a good spot from which to view the soon to come parade, others were walking along with their dogs. Most of the dogs in attendance had some sort … Continue reading

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St. Charles Christmas Traditions Part 3 – The Architecture

Main Street in downtown historic St. Charles is a brick road but what about the buildings? Well, they’re brick too… as well as stone and wood with some of them dating back to the 1800’s. Quite a few of them … Continue reading

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Weekend Plans?

Just hanging with the Fat Man, Snoop and my Gnomies 😉 This was one of the many beautiful window displays on Main Street in Historic Downtown St. Charles, Missouri. Actually, the shops on this street always have great displays – … Continue reading

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Me, Yuley, and Julenisse – Throwback Thursday

(This post was first run in 2013 when I was home to visit family and friends for Thanksgiving.  The St. Charles Christmas Traditions had just begun and the weather wasn’t as grey and so very cold as it was on … Continue reading

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Here Come the Santas…

There were quite a few more “Santa’s” as part of the traditions programs but I was only able to find these five while I was out walking around Main St. in St. Charles, Missouri.  Of course you already know that … Continue reading

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Christmas Traditions – Other Characters

Well so far we’ve seen Jack Frost and the Snow Queen along with Santa Lucia/St. Lucy so now it’s time for the remaining characters that were out in historic St. Charles, Missouri as part of their yearly Christmas traditions.  I’d … Continue reading

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Festive Store Front

This shop owner really pulled out the stops on decorating for the holidays! F4.5 – 1/160 – ISO100 – 50mm – Canon 5D

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