Las Posadas Tradition

Last night we continued our tradition of attending Las Posadas in St. Charles. Once again Jack Frost was nipping at our nose. It was cold, but not unbearable. We were once again witness to the beautiful re-enactment of the Spanish tradition finding Mary and Joseph looking for shelter as they process down South Main Street with thousands of visitors carrying luminaries and singing carols.

We found Santa's Trainland, too. I'm glad we did as there was a sign up that said the couple was retired and was having difficulty getting their trailer around these days, and therefore, this would be the last year for Trainland.
This couple has one special Christmas village we were luckily able to see.

This season I just can't enough visits to Main Street.
It is so beautiful.
And so NOT the mall.
I went to the mall Saturday morning and just wanted out. It just doesn't provide all of these lovely establishments.

It has become my tradition to buy an ornament from this boutique every Christmas.
They are very unique and very inexpensive.
Great combination.

This is what we picked out this year.

And here are the ones from Christmas past...

I picked up a cool little cookbook at the library.
Tomorrow I will share a recipe from it.
Perfect for this time of year.