I suppose that Monday night is a hell of a time to update the weekend's activities but if I don't do it now, doing it on Tuesday will seem even stupider.

So, settle in.
Saturday Miss Significantly Other and me went to Swanson's Nursery for to see the reindeer that were there. We also needed one of those over-the-door-wreath-hangie-thingies.

Let me just say right here that I'd never been to Swanson's but I am now officially in love with it. It's bigger than I thought it was and the plants are gorgeous! If you're local to Seattle and you take your Christmas trees seriously, you need to go to Swanson's. They have some of the most perfect trees I've ever seen in one place!*

The first photo (click to biggen it) is one of the reindeer who, subsequently to me waking her up, went over to a tree and beat the spit out of it with her antlers. Her antlers? Why, yes.

See, if you had gone with us, you would have been able to read the reindeer info packet and you would have discovered that all reindeer sport nice racks (kinda like the SeaGals). You would also know that they are actually domesticated caribou but that they bear only a passing resemblance to their cousins because they've been domesticated for thousands of years (kinda like Minnesotans).

We then ventured to Duvall to see a living nativity. But really we went to see a camel.

Hannibal the Camel, a one-hump Arabian (Dromedary) camel, was called in from his home near Spokane to play the part of "A Reason To Go To See A Living Nativity" in the living nativity.

Now, I'm being mean. The nativity was done extremely well and was actually a live time line of the life of Christ.

No, I'm not pushing Jesus on you. We went to see the camel, remember? And the camel liked the donkey. And the donkey liked the camel. And they bumped snouts to show their okayness with each other. I was surprised that Hannibal wasn't more, shall we say, "unevenly tempered". Camels have a reputation for biting the heads off of their owners, you know.

Anyway, the kids were cool and Deity bless them for staying up on a Saturday night in the cold to put on a show.

We ate later at Leis Family Restaurant in Duvall and had a nice chat with Benny, the co-owner.

On the way home we stopped in Brier to see their neighborhood light displays at which they ask for a donation of canned goods or cash for the local food bank for which they will wish you a Happy Holiday and give you a mini-candy cane. We gave them two bucks. Deity bless those fine folks, as well.

Sunday was a bust. We stayed home all day. Miss S.O. cleaned the fish tank and I cleaned the toilet. Symmetrical, yes?

* The author received no kickbacks from Swanson's for this honest opinion. However, he's willing to negotiate.