Annapolis is really pretty all decorated for Christmas. All the storefronts have pine boughs with red bows all over, and the sidewalks have potted trees with lights, and there are wreaths hung across intersections. We took a short walk last night down Maryland Ave. All the stores were open late, doors wide open, and there was Christmas music (an instrumental version of “The Christmas Waltz” – one of my favorites) playing near the end of the block. Just past it, a very nicely dressed Santa Claus came over to say hi. He asked John if I’d been good this year. Sexist, but otherwise he was a nice Santa. There was a whole gaggle of kids at the other end of the block, but we didn’t stick around to find out if they were going to sing or anything. And on the way back, we passed an older couple who wished us a merry Christmas. People can be so nice when they aren’t being horrible.
So we came back home, and now we’re listening to Pandora’s Christmas station. This is probably as Christmas-y as we’ll get this year. We’ll do our shopping this weekend, and we’ll make sure we get out in the evenings to enjoy how festive Annapolis looks, but we’re not planning to do any decorating (outside of Bird and Bird, who will be joining us on our travels).
