Brighton began to clear out at 5pm on Christmas Eve. Some restaurants on Main Street remained open until 10pm but the shops were dark. Below are some peeks through windows and around downtown to give you the flavor of our small town still dressed for the Holidays even though the shoppers are gone.
Birds will remain hungry until the Wildernest store reopens December 26th. The snow on the millpond is painted with festive reds and greens:
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The Old Village Townhall stands beside the millpond dam and hears the Christmas music all day long while the Yum Yum Tree won’t be creating any sundaes for another day:
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Twinkling lights flash in a burning bush and tiny lights turn the snow into their vivid colors in front of the Lion’s Den, a meeting place for the local Optimist Club:
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The manikins at the Ready Boutique are already dressed to party on New Year’s Eve, but a few cuddly plush animals didn’t find buddies by Christmas at the Sassafras gift shop:
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Well, now you’ve done it! I’m making reservation at Brighton’s leading hotel for next Christmas! It’s all out of a movie! I especially liked the collection of ducks on the snow, too. It’s like a kaleidoscope! Now if we can get KingArthur to grace the center! Beautiful emotive photos, all of them, Doug.
Thanks, Barb. Too bad you didn’t spend Christmas here 30 years ago. The prime hotel at that time was clad in PINK aluminum siding. Honest. Old timers here still refer to that building as “The Pink Hotel.” It started out om 1873 as the Western Hotel beside the railroad tracks. By the time it was dressed in pink, it was a low rent pay-by-the-month apartment building. The building is a registered historic landmark and is currently being gutted to become a brewery for craft beers and will probably become a major city drawing card once it opens this next summer. It’s a beautiful old building but is probably costing a fortune to rehabilitate.
The ducks wouldn’t cooperate for that picture with the King in the center. They fear he’ll bite them so they stay a safe distance away. I could still shoot that, but I’d have to be up 30 feet to get the entire wreath. That’s why God invented Photoshop. I can probably make it happen sandwiching a few images together.