On December 5 we went to "Christmas on the Farm" at the
Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center. We got to walk around the old buildings and there were some people with tables set up selling food and various other items. We also learned a bit about
the Belsnickle, which is like a mean version of Santa Claus who comes around bearing candy (for the good kids) and switches (for the bad ones).
This house was so full that baby Jesus had to lay out in the front yard!
It is a little-known fact that fire hydrants have protected barns for hundreds of years.
Billie enjoying the first snow of the year.
The snow was beginning to accumulate in our yard when we got home...
The warm temperatures the day before appear to have allowed a lot of the snow to stick to the trees. The amount of snow on the ground is deceiving...
Our apartment building and the trees behind it apparently blocked some of the snow because there was a lot more out front. It looked like we had about 3 inches on the cars.
If you've been paying attention you may recognize this view from such classic posts as Pennsylvanian Sunset and Fall in Reading.
This is the view looking in the other direction. The snow on the trees looked nice and I was glad that there wasn't more of it on the ground. We're still not looking forward to driving on all of these hills in the snow!
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