When Christmas in the Park opened this year, my wife and I were one of the early visitors. It’s neat to see the displays, especially ones from sponsors who do new ones each year, while driving through the park in the dark. It’s a display that can be seen from Mandan and the Memorial and Expressway bridges. I wonder if it can be seen from the Schaff house?

Of course, we’re biased toward the Peanuts-themed displays. They’re our favorite and, instead of listening to the Christmas music broadcast by the Sertoma folks, we were listening to A Charlie Brown Christmas in the truck.

Of course, it was much nicer when there was actual snow on the ground. I’m really bummed that we’re having a brown Christmas so far. Keep praying for snow…and if it arrives, go back through Christmas in the Park again!

On a side note, I think it’s funny that people like me will complain about spending $7.75 to sit through a two hour movie at a theater while happily spending $5 to cruise through a 15-20 minute Christmas display. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the five bucks, I just think the human nature of it is funny. While a theater like the new Grand is worth $7.75, Christmas in the Park is equally deserving of your five bucks.