of course im behind on this blog but i have to write about christmas! i was lucky enough to get christmas off so i could go home to see my family! but spending time in chicago during the christmas season was so great. city christmas > any other christmas.
patrick and i headed downtown one day to go see the marshall fields display windows (its technically the macy's windows since they bought out marshall fields many moons ago, but p refuses to succumb to that fact, so marshall fields it is). every year they do a whole christmas story through each of their windows. i think theres 7? anyway it was really cute and good for little kids. on our way there though, we just happened upon the santa con-ers of chicago, where people dress up like santa, get drunk, and walk the streets of chicago together in a flock of booze smelling red. it was hilarious!
p and i also went to chriskindlemart which is a german market that sells a bunch of cool german products and food and most importantly mulled wine which i didnt get to try because the line was too long. so sad. it was cute seeing the wooden trinkets and toys and ornaments and any other wood product you can think of. they also had a huge christmas tree. so of course we took a selfie.
since i was in chicago for most of the christmas season (i didnt fly back home until christmas eve) i was able to partake in an amazing raycroft family tradition of "the christmas party". they throw a huge party for family and friends about a week before christmas. last year was my first year going. it was a blast. tons of food, drinks, music, dancing, and christmas caroling! this year since all of p's friends are finally 21 they were able to attend which was awesome. my favorite part of the night though, is when the room becomes divided between the men and women, and we sing "paradise by the dashboard light" by meatloaf. never heard of it before?! yeah me neither and last year i was severely confused but this year... this year i came prepared. caroline and i practiced the song and she had the lyrics up on her phone during the song. but the best way to know the lines was to watch mrs. raycroft because she knows every single word. unfortunately, i couldnt have too much fun this year because i had a 12 hour shift the next morning. boo.
other things i did during the chicago christmas season:
ice skate at millennium park with super cool smicks
decorate my house with lights and snowflakes
throw a christmas party at p's
none of which i got pictures of. yay!
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