We are the Stuarts (formerly of Imperial) now residing in Okinawa, Japan.

This blog started from a desire to bridge the miles as we were preparing to leave the USA for 3+ years. It has turned into much more. It's part travel diary, part personal reflection, part "sociology of military life" and part mommy-blog. We hope you read something here that is interesting to you (or at least not a total waste of your time).

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Tree Lighting Ceremony


The place to be last night was the Naval Hospital on Camp Lester for the annual tree lighting ceremony. Well...it was at least the place to be if you signed up to donate baked goods...and/or if you had a kid performing in one of the musical numbers.



Santa arrived in style thanks to the fire department...


Or, I mean...the fire elves.



Troy gave us a preview of what we have to look forward to at the Madrigal dinner. They sounded really good.

Here's a sample:




And then the time for the big moment arrived:






The kids enjoyed playing in the Okinawan "snow".



Our crew is a bit old for Santa...but we peaked in the lobby to get a picture. Looks like kids are still afraid of the old guy today. Honestly, what's to fear? A giant clump of white fur where his face should be? Nah!

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