The BUSY Celebration Florida Christmas Kickoff - First 'Snow' Fall / Santa Arrives & Tree Lightning
Celebration FL Christmas Time
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of the Saturday November
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30th 2024 the last day of November 2024
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tomorrow starts a new month today going
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to end November with a big
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shebang snowfall well first the
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Christmas tree lights are going to be
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illuminated for the first time in
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downtown celebration and snowfall it's
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not real snow it's called
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snope snow made out of soap falls down
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on Market Street that happens today and
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Santa makes his
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appearance to say hello to
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everyone before he starts getting real
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hectic around the Christmas season
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that's happening so A lot's going on
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downtown celebration in fact look over
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look over here there's a
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sleigh over here off Lake Evelyn and
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Wisteria Lane yes there is a Wisteria
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Lane in Celebration right there I'm
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heading
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downtown it's Christmas time I'm
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inviting you to join me starting on Mini
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Marge CU hopefully can find a parking
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spot I used to live right downtown on
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Market Street for 3 years this time of
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the year starting at this moment till
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New Year's very difficult to find
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parking hopefully I can sneak in mini
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Marge somewhere join me shall you oh
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goodness that is an evil temperature
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even though it feels great it feels
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amazing
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66° it's got to get down to 57 at 8:00
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p.m. the tree lighting I think is at
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5:40 last year I was here it was a
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beehive of activity down here when Santa
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was going down Market Street he had no
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Elbow Room I mean people were greeting
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him they were happy to see him they were
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very happy to see them it was uh it was
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really quite a scene so I'm expecting
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it's going to be more the same this year
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66° beautiful out beautiful weather
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beautiful weather got the road closed
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got the fake ice skating rink set up
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over there got the Christmas tree ready
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to rock and be
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illuminated it's 4:03 right now so I got
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a little time to say that finding
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parking parking is difficult down here
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during the holiday season is not an
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understatement he every spot's full
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right I am happy to report baby Jesus is
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over here in the manger scene the reason
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I am pointing that out is because there
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have been
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years where he's not
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there and I've mentioned that some
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people will say that baby Jesus doesn't
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appear until Christmas
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Day and some major Saints but he's here
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now they've also put this little
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covering around it probably because you
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see there's like a it's hard to see it
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as a reflection coming off the
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plexiglass there Mary and
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Joseph are because they don't people
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going over the side of the little
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stanions here running
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away running away with any of the manger
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scene stuff says do not touch I don't
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know if that means don't touch the
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manger scene or don't touch this
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ston just not going to touch any of
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it this is always here I always like I
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always like to have a little little
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manger
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scene it is going to be quite a
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spectacular evening I love this town I
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love living here I love all the
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community
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events this is one I look forward to
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lighting of the tree the first night of
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snope granted I was in Alaska where I
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saw real
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snow this is a little different but for
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those who can't see snow or be near the
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snow
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this is the next best thing preparation
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for the world famous snowfall now
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snowing it's called the now snowing
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event every day the streets in this area
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close at 2 p.m. this is all the it's all
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the downtown streets Market Street and
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the little side streets around it I'm
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just trying to find a parking spot
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sometimes I'll park here someone beat me
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to
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it this little uh like the little
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accessory on the front little reindeer
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on that stuffed bear maybe I should add
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well I'm not really going to be be here
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much during the holidays but I'll see I
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can add some to the front of mini Marge
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oh these lights are the little lights
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are twinkling
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Clark look they're
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on there's also my reflection right
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there whenever I see a bulb like this or
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a uh decoration I think a Christmas
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story though but he's like looking in
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the fish Islands there's the Grinch get
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out of here
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Grinch well I don't know which stage of
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the Grinch it is maybe it's the happy
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Grinch
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stage but it's before well you're
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welcome you could you could be here
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grinch it's fine it's totally fine this
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whole little porch here for this
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attorney at law is all grinify
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whoa dangling up
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there The
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Madness of the parking situation begins
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just a heads up if you ever come down
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here this event is spectacular to attend
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my recommendation is Park a few blocks
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away don't try to park right downtown
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you will not find parking
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Park a few blocks away and walk it
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over I know from experience there's no
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parking downtown at all like look down
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Water Street I mean this is still
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considerably early before the event even
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kicks off and there's no parking water
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streets full both sides both sides of
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water streets full Park a few blocks
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away and walk it if possible Santa is
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going to rear his head and light the
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tree well based on what happened last
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year here at
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550 it's slated for 5:30 on the agenda
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but they have to wait till the sun to go
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down so it's a little after they want
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people to congregate around 5:30 it's a
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little bit of time it's about
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4:17 right now 416 417 418 let's say 418
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just there no now it's 418 got a little
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trapes act now usually over in here they
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have the train pull up and they have the
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horong carriages maybe they have moved
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those to a different spot to make way
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for a trapes act and they have some
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little porta-potties over here in the
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corner all right going to get a little
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piping hot caffeinated beverage over
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here at
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Starbucks sure the line's probably
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pretty lengthy but get a little coffee a
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roads blocked from this side as well
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Santa's house is right over there so
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once he appears he's going to be doing a
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little meet and grease with people
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they're still setting up for it over
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there okay the Train the train is over
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here there are two trains in fact they
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are taking the little tarp off of the
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trains get a little behind the scene
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behind the scenes before the event
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starts and they're still getting Santa's
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cabin already for Jolly Old St Nick to
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arrive I need caffeine to arrive all
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right Christmas Blend achieved I got the
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Thanksgiving blend a few days ago don't
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know what the difference between the
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Thanksgiving and the Christmas Blend is
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but either way I have been Blended for
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the holiday
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season happy holidays up there there
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Merry Christmas Happy New Year soon
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after that look at the cloud formation
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these are not cumulus these are more
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like stairsteps clouds I kind of like
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the I mean I'm not a meteorologist so I
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just made that up off the top of my head
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but yeah and I love the weather there
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nice little breeze in the air nice
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little light hoodie weather oh man
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perfect dare I say perfect even have a
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letters to Santa Claus spot right here
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or if you want to May mail a letter to
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Chris Kringle you can come here at any
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time when he's not here cuz obviously
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he's here today but after that he's
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going to be busy going back to the North
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Pole preparing for Christmas but if you
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want to drop something in here bring
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your letter down put it right in here
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like a little gingerbread guy here is
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emitting some snow on the top of his
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nogget this is exciting cool has arrived
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for the festivities as well I haven't
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seen cool out in a while but now the the
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gator is making an appearance here
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probably very excited I don't know if
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you're allowed to sit on Santa's lap
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cool but you know what maybe they've
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layered down the fake snow along Market
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Street as well I forgot they did this
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when I lived down here they'd spray it
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down they have like a machine and they'd
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spray this down before the event each
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time section over here they're setting
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up for called the Snow Village this is
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where the horr carriages are some
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vendors going to be selling some snacks
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and things like that here at the the
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base of Market Street they call it the
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Snow Village these were in a different
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spot I believe in previous years one of
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the trains parked over here in front of
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the theater which hasn't been used in
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like 12 years now for whatever reason
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this theater just sits empty and the
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fountain is on it's a little too uh
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chilly I mean it's I wouldn't say it's
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cold but it's a little chilly for people
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to be running around the Splash Pad but
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they have it on for effect kind adds to
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the Ambiance couple officers cruising
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through just to make they're probably
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just showing up for their shift and I
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imagine there'll probably be a few more
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just for crowd control and make sure
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everything is okay calm before
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storm they're preparing some chestnuts
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are roasted peanuts over there looks
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like that's right last year was a 25th
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anniversary making this year the 26th
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anniversary they've been doing this each
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and every holiday season plastic plastic
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ice skating rink it's basically not ice
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ex like you SK ice skate on plastic but
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until I got my house at the end of last
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year beginning of this year towards the
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end so this time last year I was still
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up in that apartment right up there so I
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got to experience and here the snowfall
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every night I can look out the window
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and see people excited about watching
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the snow and all that this is my first
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time experiencing this since I have not
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lived down here on Market Street it was
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always nice to kind of just know the
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people were happy right outside my
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window think about skateboarding through
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here don't even think about
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skateboarding or scooting but you can
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roller blade if you have to roller
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blades I don't see those those are not
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restricted get your roller blade on if
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you so choose the name of this company
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is endless ice endless ice skating rank
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the ironic thing is it's not even made
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of ice it's made out of plastic but you
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know the snow is not real here the ice
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is not real here this isn't Alaska this
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isn't Alaska where I just was Florida
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it's so cool they do this though it is
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just so cool that they they kind of have
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the Florida version of a white Christmas
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it's kind of a neat little thing that
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they do every all the time it's getting
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more and more busy I think each time too
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I think more people finding out about
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this event so it becomes just a real
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beehive of activity down here during all
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of December it goes on every night I
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think till New Year's or at least till
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Christmas but you know for a while for
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the next for the next month every night
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hop inside of some of the stores on
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Market Street like this place has like
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overload of Christmas stuff I mean it is
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like next level overload how much stuff
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is in here for the season it goes all
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the way back they change it every season
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and they're just like all the little
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nooks and crannies and shelves and
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pockets and cubby holes is all Christmas
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christmasi I mean you can get your
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definitely get your Christmas on your
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Christmas villages on in here
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all your decorations stuff for the tree
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your wreath you can put around the the
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door that has regular glasses and this
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is almost like Monopoly guy Santa right
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there he's got the little monacle right
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there on that particular one cool
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getting quite the congregation of people
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over there he's moving quick he's over
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there against that little railing you
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can see there's like a half a dozen
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people that are taking photos and having
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a little conversation
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cool these are for set or not they're a
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little like they look like bubbles if
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they're not they're like made of plastic
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or something all the different treats
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over here in the snow village got these
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cookies which look really tasty these
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look like little dnut holes train for
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the the line for the very first train of
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the event the very first train line is
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pretty lengthy everyone wants to get on
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that first inaugural run for 2024 train
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ride through celebration trusty number
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two locomotive number two right here got
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the eagle on the front almost like
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Lincoln Hawk with his truck from over
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the top I don't know if Stallone's ever
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driven the celebration Express but in my
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mind he has it's like a
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switch probably not though and you know
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it's busy in town when this little dare
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I say secret spot over here by the
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former University that used to be right
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here on the corner that's now empty when
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this lot's full you know it's busy in
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town this is where I got towed last year
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cuz I parked on the grass s trumo you're
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kind of rolling the dice if you park
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where these cars are cuz it's not a lot
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not a spot you're just rolling the dice
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I'm not saying they'll get towed but
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they're pretty tow happy here so I
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wouldn't recommend doing that it did not
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end well for me when I tried it last
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year you can see people just loop
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around constantly trying to find
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parking there is none I always think
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about what they're going to do for the
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future here if this event keeps getting
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bigger are they going to shuttle people
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in they going to build a parking garage
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somewhere near downtown town I don't
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know what the solution is but basically
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all the cars that are going that way are
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going that direction looping around past
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the Starbucks going back in a U-turn
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back over there where that is and just
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circling and they make it really clear
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so it's not like it's not like it's a
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secret like there's a sign there there's
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a signs two signs over there thing is I
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don't even know where to recommend I
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want to help people out and let them
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know where to park but really there's
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really not a whole lot left a little
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secret spot I was talking about it's
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kind of over there and that's already
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full you got to park a definitely got to
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park a few blocks
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away and if you have someone who can't
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walk a few blocks away drop them off you
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go park and then walk a few blocks
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yourself that would be my that's my
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recommendation because this this is
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something
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coming back to me now I remember last
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year if memory serves correct Santa was
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on one of these items over here and they
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brought him up to the front I don't know
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if he's going to be on the train this
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year we got the officers ready to guide
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Santa to the front he got engine number
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one number two just went out for its
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first ride I believe Santa's probably
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going to be in that back one over there
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also look at this wolf all right just
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talked to one of the organizers and he
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said they do have the police escort
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because last year got a little little
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congested and just got people were
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trying to jump in and get photos with
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Santa in the sleigh didn't want that to
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happen this year but Santa is ready to
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rock he's in this back one it's going to
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be an entire calade here in about 10
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minutes 440 they start making way to the
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front 450 the lighting of the
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tree it's going to be like a little mini
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parade of sorts ready horse think that
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horse that horse isin definitely ready
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nice little Sunset is happening now over
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there F the celebration Hotel everything
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is gearing up for a wonderful perfect
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evening here in downtown
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celebration Santa's about to make his
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appearance all right I'm hearing some
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announcements being
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made oh they're announcing Sant I'm over
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here we getting the Santa Roll
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in again last year I was like is he
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going to make it up Market
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Street this time to have the uh the
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officers going to be lead in the
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way crowd
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control definitely has gotten pretty
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busy down here look at the amount of
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people that are ready for this turn the
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corner and show the vastness of the
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crowd here now when Santa makes an
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appearance on Market Street just like
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last year really come really really busy
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they had a police escort to the front
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they did not follow him to the tree kind
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of made it to the tree on his own he had
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a couple helpers kind of clear in the
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path but he was yeah just everybody as
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soon as they saw him just was like
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running up there running towards Santa
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to get a selfie try to get a photo get
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their tell them what they wanted to
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place under the tree and then he makes
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his way to the front and he's going to
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be saying some words and lighting the
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tree
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up it's just so cool that Santa comes to
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celebration mean why shouldn't
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he now
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folks before we get started I just want
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to give a quick reminder to every one of
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you to take your time as Mrs Claus
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always tells me stop and shake a snow
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globe and that's what we need to do
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you're in such a hurry by the time you
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get there rushing around what do you got
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to do Wai in line so take your time now
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take your time but I don't want to take
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any more of yours cuz we got to light
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this
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tree I've got an
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idea I'm going to shout out 1 2 three
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and you answer back light that tree
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shall we try it yes 1 2
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aitis would have been louder let's try
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it again 1 2
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3E okay we're on the right path that was
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very close but now listen to me I want
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you to reach down deep inside past all
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that
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brininess down into that Christmas
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spirit get that Ule Tide washing all
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over you and let them hear you all the
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way in the North Pole
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are you ready 1 2 three light that
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tree there it is always a climactic
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moment seeing Jolly Old St Nick walk
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down Market Street it's interesting
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everyone's kind of frolicking in the in
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the snope in the fake snow on the ground
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and then when he started walking up
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that's when everyone kind of started to
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lose their mind me included I had a
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really good spot I learned my lesson
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from last year to kind of be near the
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tree so that I could see
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Jolly Old St Nick walking up Chris
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Kringle walk up was in the right spot to
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see the to see the man himself that was
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something Santa was very
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popular popular guy look at he's making
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his way over to his house now and
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meeting up with people oh there's the
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Grinch look at that is that the Grinch
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right there and
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Santa walking hand in hand
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we
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came Santa's going to meet up with
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everybody over
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carriages Christmas time has officially
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been kicked off with the lighting of the
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and now momentarily snowfall will fall
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for the first time in
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2024 here in Celebration Florida so I
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got to get back over there for the first
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snowfall of the
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Year definitely a good siiz crowd like
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over off of Market Street it's not as
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bad plenty of elbow once you get into
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thick of Market Street it is really
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nestled in kind of elbow to elbow and
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they do this every hour 6 7 8 and 9:00
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so I guess four times a night I don't
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remember if in previous years I think it
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was just 7 8 and 9 but I do remember
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that 9:00 is the last time that they do
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it but basically just the snowfalls they
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do this they do this during The Fall
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season prior to Christmas where they
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have leaves fall that is nowhere near as
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exciting as the snowfall highly
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recommend if you're in Central Florida
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area make a trip over to Celebration and
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see the snope falling from the heavens
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of Market Street
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it'll be here until New Year's Eve
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definitely definitely check it out
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really something I I really enjoy really
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good Community here really good events
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they really know how to do it right here
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in celebration everyone gets so excited
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to be here and I love it not every day
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you can see snowfall in Celebration
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Florida you can see
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it once December rolls near I mean it's
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the day before the first day of December
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but then all of December there will be
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snowfall and I got to see I got to
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witness the first day I got to see s
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going arrive light up the
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tree always a always a fun thing to do I
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I do it every year I did it last year I
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did it this year ooo look at this look
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at this again I just reiterate what I
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was saying earlier there's no parking
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down here there a delivery driver feel
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bad for
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him trying to navigate all this
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mess all right going to make my way this
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way got the little View From a Distance
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here here of the tree where I just
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witness all the shenanigans in past
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years or for certain events that would
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do the hay ride starting here they got
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the horse straw and hay ride over there
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towards the front and it was like
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really really congested people
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Church looks beautiful oh there goes the
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train train going by navigating all this
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bumper to bumper
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here W you get out of like just the
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Market Street area I mean obviously if
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you're waiting in traffic it's bad but
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get a little more Elbow Room when you're
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walking around this section love
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Christmas
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lights always so
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beautiful do a good job here on the
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church I just read realize I got to get
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mini marage back to my home so I've got
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to sit in some of
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it got a horse strong Carriage pulling
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in here getting ready to make this sharp
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turn head back up to pick some other
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guests to have a little magical moment
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here here for the holidays here in town
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turning that
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corner I really do feel bad because
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there's no parking like all these cars
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are coming in there's nowhere for them
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to park I mean maybe one out of every 15
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of these cars will get lucky and
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someone's leaving and they just happen
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to be the right place the right spot at
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the right time to snag that
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spot but the other 14 out of 15 aren't
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going to be in the right place at the
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right time will not have a
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spot I mean they're just circling here's
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proof I'm going to take a left here
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I'll take a left here and it's probably
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these are all cars that are circling let
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me take a left
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here so all the neighborhoods that are
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within four or five blocks of Market
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Street are all full of cars
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this is all just street
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parking wow this house looks so awesome
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all lit up look at that I saw this the
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other day during daylight hours but
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haven't been by at night that is so cool
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looking look at
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that that doesn't put you in the
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Christmas mood well I mean pretty much
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everything I've showed tonight does
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but there a lot of people in front of
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the house looking at the
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lights just something about looking at
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Christmas lights just nothing says
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holidays quite like
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that probably should have turned down
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Water Street but I am going to Veer off
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over through another little neighborhood
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where Savannah Square
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is thankfully I've been here long enough
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to kind of know the little
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shortcuts but a lot of people don't for
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example right over there everyone's just
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hoping for a glimmer of a
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chance oh even the look at this so if
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you're taking the train you're going to
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be in gridlock if you take the train
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that's your uh that's your evening right
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there sitting sitting in
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gridl oh
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man the key is hey hanger right here
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Savannah Square it up straight ahead
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Market Street this fun I didn't realize
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how they different years they do
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different Loops take a look so Savannah
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Square is right there and then you got
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the hay ride coming through you got the
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hay
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ride very cool and then you got the two
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little Four Strong carriages right there
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as well going by Savannah Square
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hopefully they point out Savannah Square
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off to the side everyone Savannah Square
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hopefully that's part of the tour
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I can
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reverse even Savannah Square is all
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illuminated look at this I got the
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lights up in Savannah
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Square I like
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it right here look at
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this got some minions
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minion
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overload look at all the Minions