Woodlawn Ave

B and I walked up to Wallingford tonight and took a detour from our usual route to check out a Christmas light display on Woodlawn. There were a number of houses with a more-than-typical number of lights and figures around, including one with Buddha wearing a santa hat, so we slowly wandered down the street to look at the main attraction. We stood across the street from the most bedecked house and took in the lights, the music (Santa Claus is Coming to Town), the signs, the candy canes, the reindeer, the Mrs. Claus standing behind santa who was rocking in a chair, and on and on. I said something to B like "this is out of control" and we crossed the street to get a closer look at some of the display. We stood there staring at the street, me and B alone on this quiet (other than the music) road, and suddenly the santa leaned forward and waved at us. It was one of those hold-out-your-hand-and-bend-the-fingers-down-to-your-palm waves that left no doubt that some real person was there under the santa suit and fake beard rocking back and forth all night long. Keeerrrrreeeeeeeeepy.