Ice Princess

Saturday night at the Undisclosed Location was "Dickens Village" night in downtown, sponsored by a local community organization. Streets were blocked off and there were horse-drawn carriage rides, photos with Santa, amazingly off-key and rhythmically-challenged carolers, and the lighting of the town Christmas tree. Tessie slept through all of that.

After dinner, though, she was wide awake for her first encounter with snow.

No, none fell here. This stuff was trucked in from points unknown and formed into two chutes down a parking ramp. This lack of authenticity did nothing to dissuade Tessie, nor did the dampness in the seat of her pants, as she repeatedly scooted down the "hill."

Then it was back to the center of town for a close-up viewing of the Christmas tree. Tessie is really starting to pick up some Christmas spirit.