Christmas time in the City

London is very nice this time of year. It doesn't have quite the magical feel of NYC but there are lots of lights and activities.

We took the kids to see the Snowman. I honestly wasn't sure what to expect from Logan at a ballet but he was awesome. He really enjoyed all the dancing Snowmen but his favorite character was the spiky man, Jack Frost. Isabelle, of course, loved the Ice Princess. After the show, we went down to Trafalgar Square to see the BIG Christmas tree. It's impressive!

(A few days after we were there the student protesters tried to burn it down! )

Next on our list was to see Santa or as they like to call him here, Father Christmas. I was told back in September to book tickets to Santa's Grotto at Harrods so I did. It was nice but I was expecting something more.... grand, I guess. It is Harrods after all but it was Santa sitting in a big red chair. The kids loved it and decided he was "the real one" and the ones in Charlotte had all been dressed as Santa???

We then put up our Christmas tree. We bought a real one since we left the big fake one in storage. Imagine this... Tony having to walk a good 15-20 minutes with a 7 ft tree over his shoulders. I thought it was funny and cute, made me think of "It's a Wonderful Life". Not sure he felt the same way.

There are lots of Christmas lights in London but one area seems to be the brightest of all... Oxford Street, Regent Street and Carnaby! We sat on top of a double decker bus down Oxford St and it was pretty cool. Isabelle liked the lights that were above the street. Logan loved Carnaby because Santa was dressed in a space suit.

Of course, there are also the Christmas windows! Harrods had a Peter Pan theme and Hamley's toy store had lots of teddy bears. I love this time of year!!!