Capitol Tree Lighting

We headed downtown to the grounds of the State Capitol for the tree lighting and celebrations including carrolling, street vendors, live musicians, silent movies projected on sides of buildings, and your average holiday show featuring bicycling reindeer, butterflies, bats and a rattlesnake. It was fun just sitting watching the cyclists, singing christmas songs and snacking on kettle corn. We stayed a while but not long enough apparently for the actual tree lighting. There's a saying here "Keep Austin Weird". I guess Christmas festivities are no exception : )

notice the rattlesnake tail