We've been wanting to check out Dicken's Village in the town of Skaneatles since our very first year here and we finally made it this Christmas. What an adorable little town.
We "prepped" the kids the night before by watching A Muppet Christmas Carol, which neither of them were fond of (Marley & Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come were just too much for them).
We arrived and quickly ran into a sweet lady handing out roasted chestnuts. They were fun to try, but none of us really liked them in the end.
We ran in to Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim.
The kids were a little wary of the chained Marley, but were still kind enough to take a quick picture with me.
It was SO cold next to the lake, but so beautiful.
The kids had asked to see Santa this year and this was just the perfect way to do it. I really dreaded the idea of going to a mall Santa where we would have to stand in line for so long and where everything feels so commercial and the kids just want to talk to Santa but the little helper elves just want them to look at the camera so that they can get the perfect picture and try to sell it to me.... so many feelings about that. We were able to walk right up to this sweet Santa, there were no elves taking pictures, and all was just right in the Christmas world.
We went to the adorable library and warmed up a bit and listened to a girl play her guitar and sing. It was a good performance, but wasn't Christmasy at all and seemed a little out of place. It was nice nonetheless to warm up our toes and read a few books.
We then went to the chocolate shop and drooled over all the delicious chocolates they had. We sampled some super yummy egg nog and tried figgy pudding (which was interesting). We finished off our trip with a few Christmas carols by the lake with the talented Dickens cast.
A few days before Christmas we made gingerbread cookies. We found some ninjabread cookie cutters this year and had to get them.
Shae made sure to make a Captain Cookie from one of our favorite Christmas books, The Gingerbread Pirates.
Santa had some decorative cookies to choose from on Christmas Eve.
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