Sun Valley Series Part 9: Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve in Sun Valley starts with a big ice skating show. They do a condensed version of the Nutcracker on ice, with a few numbers by the Carolers thrown in. Let me just tell you, this night was super fun! Imagine standing on an ice skating rink in Idaho on Christmas Eve in the freezing cold while a heavy snow is falling for about 45 minutes. Now imagine that you have to do this without a winter coat gloves, hat, etc. FREEZING. That about sums it up. The hats you see us wearing in the photo below are open on the top. (We may have taken that photo during the actual show. Don't tell.) By the end of the show, we had so much snow on top of our heads that it looked like the hats had a top. Good times. Immediately following the ice show, there is a torchlight parade on the mountain and fireworks. We had a little break between the ice show and our caroling rounds, so Steve and I had arranged a meeting place to watch the fireworks, but it was so crazy and crowded, that by the time we finally met up, the parade and the fireworks were over. So instead we went back to our hotel room and found that we had been visited by the elusive Mr. P.J. Elf. Megan opened her pajamas and I left for a long night of caroling rounds. Later on I found out what a fun night Megan and Steve had....to be continued!