Friday, December 17, 2010
Christmas on the Plaza
We're very blessed to have a magnificent place to go...especially during Christmas. It's the Country Club Plaza (pictured below). It really is like the song, *City sidewalks busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style. In the air there's a feeling of Christmas. Children laughing; people passing; meeting smile after smile...* After walking in the brisk air, it's time to relax with a mug of hot cocoa and watch the other shoppers and horse-drawn carriages. Is there a special place YOU enjoy going during the holidays?
I am glad to see these things here too beautiful.
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What a gorgeous, inspired location to spend some Christmas time in.
ReplyDeleteJanean,
ReplyDeleteI love the song “Silver Bells”, especially when Bob Hope would sing it on his Christmas show with a pretty guest star or his wife, Delores. This place looks magical. Pass me the cocoa!
Merry Christmas, dear friend.
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..." beautiful photos, Janean. I sure would enjoy a warm cup and seeing that in person! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteBeutiful pictures and the cocoa one looks so inviting!
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So pretty! Would definatly bring on some holiday cheer and spirit.Warm Blessings!~Amy
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OMGosh, Janean- What a perfectly magical Christmas setting. You are blessed to be able to experience it...Hugs- Diana
ReplyDeleteBeautiful...absolutely beautiful! I think I'll go make a cup of hot chocolate! ;)
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ReplyDeleteoh it looks wonderful
ReplyDeleteWow, that's so beautiful!!!! The San Antonio River walk is beautiful all the time, but especially this time of year with all the twinkling lights.
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How gorgeous! We love to visit a town square close by...but the most fun was Rainbow Springs! Magical! ♥
ReplyDeleteWhat a breath taking view.
ReplyDeleteI would love a cup of the sweet looking cocoa.
Happy Holidays to you and yours.
I love the Plaza. I saw it one year back in about 1985 from the air. Very impressive. We used to go there every year. Haven't been there in 20 years. Nothing like that in Warsaw.
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I love the Plaza at Christmas time! We haven't made it there yet, but will hopefully this week.
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Catherine
Janean,
ReplyDeleteHaven't been to the Plaza since I went as a child with my parents. I remember all the sights and sounds and the horses! (Always wanted a pony for Christmas! HA!)
Here on the Prairie, we usually drive to a lighted park nearby and listen to their Christmas music and the lighted displays. Then it's home to hot cocoa and cookies!
Enjoy your Holiday season, dear!
Thanks for the memories!
Fondly,
Pat
That just takes my breath away!
ReplyDeleteThat is just beautiful! It would be a lovely place to go for a walk.
ReplyDeleteWow, totally amazing. The hot chocolate looks delicious too. I like the mini chocolate chips.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful. Yes we have the Mission Inn in Riverside, CA. They put 3.5 million lights on the outside building.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful........happy hollidays darling.................love Ria....xxxxx.....
ReplyDeleteWhow!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd the chocolate mmmmmm
Hugs
Hermine
I enjoy going to Phipps in Atlanta to see the Christmas Decorations and watch the shoppers!
ReplyDeleteBut growing up in KS MO, I have a special place in my heart of memories for the Country Club Plaza. Truly a very unique place all year around but especially at Christmas. On the rare occasions over the past 23 years that we've been fortunate enough to visit KC over the Christmas time, we always have to visit the Plaza, what a thrill!
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Wow, that's really fantastic, Janean!! I've never seen anything like that in person.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have anything even close that here, but we will drive around the nice neighborhood in our town that has a lot of Christmas lights on "our Christmas Eve" which is Wednesday, the 22nd. Daughter won't be here from the 23rd night to the 26th, so we have our Christmas early.
Years ago now, Jim and I visited this place named "Cullen Gardens" in Whitby Ontario, which has since closed, but on a frosty December night, we took the light tour through the gardents and Miniature village and it's the closest thing to your lovely place, that I can recall. It was all snowy and magical.
Hope you have a blessed weekend,
Linda
Oh my..I'm going to have to move
ReplyDeleteThat's just amazing. Looks like they go all out.
ReplyDeleteThis is going to sound a little bogan but I promise it's not. The brewery put on a light display here every year and have since I was a child. People from far nd wide make the trek. We still go every year but it's nothing like your Plaza display.
There is something though about tradition and having these rituals that makes Christmas seem so much more special !
Beautiful my friend.
ReplyDeleteI love Churchill Square downtown Edmonton, it is so beautiful especially when we have fresh snow, I love it!.....:-)Hugs
What a stunning picture, makes we want to go there for Christmas instead of dreaming of NYC
ReplyDeleteWow honey you really do have a wonderful place to celebrate Christmas. I would love to have a place so lovely.
ReplyDeleteYour hot choolate looks so good now I have to go and make me a cup. lol
Just wanted to come by and wish you a very Merry Christmas
Love
Maggie
So beautiful. The first picture looks like a gingerbred village. It must be wonderful to experience this.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful place!
ReplyDeleteEarlier this week we drove down to the provincial parliament buildings to look at the lights there and in the Inner Harbour - beautiful! Tonight we'll take the grandchildren out to see the firetruck parade.
WELL HOW BEAUTIFUL THE VIEW IS AND ILL TAKE A CUP OF THE HOT CHOCOLATE
ReplyDeletePLEASE!!! HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY MERRY CHRITMAS XOXO SHERRI
Awesome photos! That is a great place. Of course, I'm a huge fan of hot cocoa, even devoted a whole post to the stuff. Thanks for sharing and have the Happiest of Holidays!
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Hello Janean,
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice place !
We love to go to Christmas fairs, you can drink there hot cocoa too and gluewein.
I wish you and your family a wonderful Christmas time,
Sylvia
The lights at Christmas..love them all!
ReplyDeleteAnd nothing better than a mug of hot cocoa!
I'd love to visit Niagara on the lake at Christmas time!!
Christmas Blessings Janean!
Deborah xoxo
Oh so beautiful Janean. It reminds me of the lights at Disneyland!
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Blessings,
Marcia
that is simply amazing! wow! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteOh, those pictures look very Christmas like! enjoy the days to come !
ReplyDeleteManhattan -- Radio City Music Hall for the Christmas Show, Ice Skating at Rockefeller Center, Shopping, Carriage Ride through Central Park, Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral ...
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