Merry Christmas!

It’s a family tradition for us to have Christmas dinner at Zehnder’s restaurant in Frankenmuth and then drive around Bronner’s parking lot to look at the lights…

Of course Chuck comes along!

I might go to Hell for this one!  At least he’s not IN the manger! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I laughed when I was editing photos- I love how it looks like he’s falling out of the truck!

This sticking reminds me of those giant beer steins shaped like riding boots…

We’d stopped at 7-11 to get coffee and happened to be parked right in front of the door…

This was a pleasant surprise.  In the basement of Zehnder’s is a mall type area with a bakery and various stores.  I never noticed they have a clearance area!  What caught my attention at first was a skeleton painted on a coffin shaped piece of wood, but then I saw this guy!  He’s currently suction cupped to my back door.  

I was hesitant since even at 50% off he was still $22!  But at the register, the lady commented that there should be a back part and went to look.  She couldn’t find his back end, so she gave him to me at 70% off!  

#Creepmas 2025 - day 4

Just some randomness....

I got the Spouse a "missile-toad" to smooch under!

I got this last week when I went to Bronner's but I found it at a little store in the mall area of Frankenmuth. 

I feel so bad that I haven't gotten the skeleton's put away yet!

However - while ZipTie & DicTape are staring my bedroom window....

DedBolt is on guard!

It seems like everyone in my hallway at work is slowing decorating more & more.

This is the billing department tree! 

#Creepmas - Bronner's!

Every year, I go to Bronner's with my Mom & sisters. 

Bronner's is typically known for a Christmas destination - it's literally a huge Christmas store with hotels + waterparks in the same parking lot.  It's located in Frankenmuth, MI and is also big on Christmas with lots of cool shops & restaurants.  

I didn't take Chuck into Bronner's with me - but he did go along the rest of the day, but of course I changed coats and left my phone out in the car, so I missed a lot of photo ops. 

This was a bell!

They have TONS of ornaments of (almost) anything you can think of.

I'm pretty partial to the maple leaves....

We spent the morning in Bronner's, had lunch at Slo' Bones and then visited some stores in town the rest of the afternoon. 

Creepmas 

#Creepmas - Glenlore Trails

Glenlore Trails is an "immersive night walk) thru the woods that my sister found somehow and we all went shortly after it opened for the season. 

Of course, Chuck had to go!

I'd never heard of it, since it's not terribly close to our house, so I googled it and got the impression they do a haunted trail at Halloween, too! 

Might have to check into that next year....

They had projectors on the snowmen so it looked like they were singing & talking. 

You could open the doors on these little buildings and there were short videos playing. 

Gingies!

These ornaments were actually kind of creepy.

They must have had hundreds of little projectors out there, since once area had a bunch of these faces on the trees, another area had floating presents, another had ornaments, etc. 

Gnomes aren't really my thing, but he was cute. 

Chuck's hand may have gotten in front of this projector so he was waving on the moon!

These were super cool. 

If you wanted to pay an extra $20, you could get an interactive wand to make some of the displays do stuff.  But we opted not to and there were enough other people there who did have them so we could see what was happening. 

 

Creepmas