They later regretted their decision of not gearing up properly.
It was a free event and I wanted to do some celebrating that was easy on our wallet.
Ashton didn't want to have anything to do with it since it was on school grounds and he has a serious.... ahem..... repulsion of anything school. Thus why he is not in the picture.
Eric is cold but not willing to admit defeat just yet.
Well after some carols and some opening speeches AND some opening prayers the "festivities" began. The announcer started calling out names and people went up slowly to the stage and fetched an ornament with a persons name on it. Slowly I came to realize......
DAMN IT! This isn't a festive event like other towns, this is a freaking memorial tree!
While I was saddened for the families gathered there in the cold waiting for their passed loved ones name to be called I knew this is not what I expected.
This would explain why when I tried to start a conversation with a lady about what to expect at the event she just turned away from me after telling me she had been doing this for 4 years.
What could she really say? "Well little lady, their going to call out a bunch of dead peoples name and when my dead persons name comes up I'm going to go get it, hang it on the tree and when we're finally finished calling over a hundred names, we'll light the tree just to experience just a little harsher how much we miss our dead person.-- that's what you can expect."
Doh!
When they were half way through the B's we slowly walked away trying not to disturb anyone. The guys were trembling with cold when we got back in the Subaru- that secretly made me giggle.
Needless to say we won't be going back to the town tree lighting event any more.
Until Next Time.
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