Number three on the Bucket List is to go down to the Gene Leahy mall on Thanksgiving night and actually witness the "flick" of the switch for the annual Christmas lights. We have been saying for years that we were going to do this and even though we have seen those lights all lit up for years, we have never actually been there for the "official" lighting. We finished the turkey early today and decided that if we didn't mark this off our list today that well.... it would be another year before we could. The temperature outside was a brisk 39 degrees and it was nice and toasty inside. We had full tummies but this was the year that we were going to do this. We put on the layers and the ear muffs and off we went! We got there waaaaaaaaaay early because after all they usually have 30,000 plus people at this annual lighting. I was so thankful that the wind wasn't blowing because that could have been miserable, especially since we had about an hour and a half before the switch was going to be "flicked"! It was a beautiful afternoon for November in Omaha and you gotta love Con Agra for the free hot chocolate AND WHIP CREAM!!! It was just what we needed to wait it out!!! An added bonus was that we met and spoke to Mayor Jim Suttle! Too bad he didn't make the Bucket List this year so we could cross off another thing this weekend! Sorry Mayor...maybe next years list!!!
Notice that the grass is still green in the mall and there is no snow on the ground!
This photo was taken around 4:45 so we only had about another hour or so to wait! I still wasn't frozen at this point in the evening! But it wasn't dark yet either AND they still hadn't "flicked" the switch!!
Finally....at 6:00 the switch was finally "flicked" and it was worth every single minute of the waiting! Once again...I can't believe we had never done this in the 21 years that we've lived here!!! We truly do take so many things about Omaha for granted! Can't wait for the other 21 things on our Bucket List........
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