Christmas in A-town

On a visit up I-35 last week we braved the crowds to see Austin's famous Christmas tree in Zilker Park (there's even a song about it! but then everything in Austin is of course super-cool).

After a yummy dinner at a nearby food-truck lot (it was our granddaughter's first food-truck experience, but she slept through it), we walked over to the tree. It's next to the Trail of Lights, which looked pretty impressive, 

But we weren't up to that long a stroll, and experienced plenty of Christmas awe just standing under the tree. The way the lights are strung to create the tree is quite clever, making a spiral effect when you stand directly under the center...

There are smaller-scale, and quite lovely, Christmas cheer elsewhere in town, too. Like on Sally's front door...

But of course, the main Austin attraction these days isn't directly related to Christmas, although her appearance in the world is the best present we could ever have...

little Nix and her two happy grandmothers..she's #1 for both of us!