Since we moved to Stanton Estates, we’ve been included in the Santa Run route that the fire department does throughout Winter Garden, over a few nights approaching the holidays … our homes location means that we see the run pass behind us (visible from the upstairs rear balcony) and then a few minutes later they run down the street in front! This year I grabbed a few seconds of video of each pass:
Our house was on the first night this year (all the routes for 2023 are listed here):
We missed a few years (COVID, then last year we were in Iceland) but this year we’re back to watching and enjoying the downtown Christmas Parade; as always, here’s lots of photos:
I took some video of the various marching bands and other performers, as well …
We spent a wonderful, cute and sometimes hilarious evening petting and feeding baby goats (and bigger ones too) and we’d do it again for sure! It’s a ticketed event with occasional dates through the early summer, and be sure to purchase both entry and the feed bottles if you want the best experience.
There were about 30 people at the event, and the young goats arrived in a crazy fast flood, leaping on to tables and trying to grab the milk bottles – after a short while things calmed down a little as goats and feeders got together. After that initial burst of activity we were all allowed to hang around for up to an hour, petting the goats, even picking them up, feeding them with grass pellets, taking photos … a wonderful evening.
Here’s a video taste of the fun we had:
And here are lots of cute photos!
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