Kids! Go see if your mother is ready, we’ve got to get downtown soon if we want to see the big parade! Make sure you don’t forget your mittens and your hats; we’ll be standing outside for a few hours. Sure, it sounds crazy now, but the Holidazzle is so much fun!
Boy, there sure are a lot of people down here. Can you believe all the people that come to see this parade, kids? Only in Minnesota, right? I tell ya, I can’t think of anything better to do with my family than stand out here in the cold and listening to – who is that? – the Champlin Park show choir. Can you? What else would you kids rather be doing right now?
Your feet are freezing? That’s fine, just go with it. Isn’t it great to know that you’re alive? A little chill in the air is what makes us stronger here up in Minnesota. But jeez, it is getting pretty cold out here. What do you say we try and find a spot up there in the skyway? Sure, we won’t be able to hear any of the music, but at least we can still see the lights. The music is great and all but they’re the best part about this whole thing, right?
Huh, it looks like we’re not the only ones that thought of getting in out of the cold. This skyway is awfully crowded but if you guys wanna have a seat on that grating I think you’ll be able to see from there. Yes, honey, I know it smells like burnt Chinese food in here, it’s probably from that kiosk over there. Yeah, it is stinky, but just sit there on that heating vent and try to enjoy the parade, ok? See, isn’t that nice? We don’t need to hear the music down there when we’ve got that homeless man playing the bassoon for us up here in the skyway. Just don’t stare at the man, ok, honey? It’s rude and – whoops, ok, he’s coming over.
Hey look man, can you just take your bassoon back over there, my family and I are trying to make some Christmas memories here at the Holidazzle and we’d like to be able to sit quietly in the skyway and watch those lit up floats down there go by. No, I don’t – here, here’s a dollar for you, is that ok? Can you just let us be?
OK, I admit, this was a terrible idea. What the hell was I thinking, dragging my family downtown to either stand in the cold or cram in to the skyway to watch one big Target commercial? You know what, kids? Let’s get out of here and go see The Muppets. Block E? Haha, no, we’re getting in the car and going back home to see it in Edina. Screw downtown.
