Thursday, December 06, 2012

December Daily

I know it's already the 6th of December! and I haven't posted any photos for December, but I have been out of town celebrating the joys of the season!  Ann and I had a fabulous time in San Fransisco and our December 1st kick off was amazing.  So without further ado here are my December Daily photos up to today!

December 1st - San Fransisco California
Champagne and OJ! Happy December 1st

Mail a letter to Santa at Macy's
Santa's elves hard at work (display at Macy's)

Holiday Lane in Macy's.... ummmm I died and went to Christmas Heaven!!
December 2 - San Fransisco
Sipping champagne at Pier 4 on the Embecardaro
A little corner fully decked out in an area just outside of Ghiradelli Square

Life sized gingerbread house inside the Fairmont Hotel - Yes it's all real gingerbread bricks! the hotel lobby smelled amazing!!
 
December 3- San Fransisco
Fabulous breakfast at Cafe de la Presse
Cable cars decked out for the season!

I left my heart in San Fransisco!
Union Square Christmas Tree
December 4th - Celebration with Diane - we went to Bridges for a yummy dinner and then to see the Santaland Diaries at the Arts Club Revue - fabulous one man play - go see it if you can, it's hilarious!


True confessions of an elf
From the popular humourist David Sedaris comes this merrily wicked tale of his tour of duty as an elf at Macy’s Santaland.
AN ELFIN GOOD TIME FOR MATURE ELVES ONLY: This show is more naughty than nice—and less than politically correct!


December 5th -Holiday decorating started! 
USB Santa and tree!! squweeee!
 


December 6th - Heute ist Nikolaus tag! St. Nicholas Day
The legendary figure of St. Nicholas is derived from Nicholas of Myra who officiated as a bishop in 4th century Greece. During his lifetime he developed a reputation for gift-giving by putting coins in other people's shoes, which accounts for many of today's Christmas traditions that involve leaving gifts in shoes or boots.
 
In the days leading up to December 6, children throughout Europe put their shoes or a special St. Nicholas boot in front of the fireplace or the front door at night to find them filled with small presents the next morning. A larger amount of gifts is usually brought on the eve of St. Nicholas Day or December 5.



2 comments:

Jo said...

It looks like you had a fabulous time in SF! and the blue skies!!!! how wonderful!!!

Kathy said...

Love your photos of San Francisco! Looks like a super fun tome! Can't wait to see the Santa Land Diaries!5