Saturday, 6 December 2008
We took Chase to a Christmas parade downtown and to see the Honolulu City Lights. Tonight, they lit the Christmas tree in front of Honolulu Hale (where our city council is), and all the decor downtown. Many downtown buildings have huge displays. My favorites are the red and green Japanese paper lanterns that line 'Iolani Palace grounds. I also love the Mr. and Mrs. Claus, Hawai'i style of course, with their bare feet, flashing their shaka signs.
The Christmas parade was awesome. We found a nice little nook to park our stroller and eat while we watched the floats. So many creative floats. The funniest was the police department vehicle with the policemen signing Christmas carols (and they said, "Can you tell this is not our day job?"). When the parade stopped for awhile, they joked that they they knew two songs..Where are the policemen when you need them to keep the parade moving?! The pimped out Handi-Van was quite hilarious. The other float I liked was more a hydraulic sled. The kids riding inside had fun I bet. Besides, there are not too many sledding opportunities here in Hawai'i. And, of course, only in Hawai'i would you see someone (a girl no less) throwing flame torches in a winter parade. I wanted Chris to bring Chase up to the curbside so he could get me some candy from the parade people, but he didn't want to pimp Chase out for my sweet tooth. We ended up near a concert area, where local musicians were playing music, families were getting into the Christmas spirit, and people were eating and picnicking around the grounds. We stayed just long enough to let Chase run around, get some food, and head back for our half mile walk back to the car. It was well worth it.
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