foolfillment: the blog

…but an enjoyable one.
I went to Edinburgh today to do the rest of my Christmas shooping and to go to the winter wonderland (sponsored by the gilded ballon theatre - but for how long after this?)

In the end I didn’t buy anything for anyone but instead met my eldest brother and his fiancee for a drink then wandered around the stalls before going for a meal with my middle brother and his wife (thank you again BTW, nice pub - what was it called? good meal and nice restaurant - much more than we’d expected/deserved, you’ll have to come through some time for a meal at halls!).

After that we just wandered around the ice rink eating candyfloss and doing all the things I never did enough of when the shows came to town when I was still wee. Much much better than Glasgow’s pathetic effort. I still think everyone’s lights are far too tame and not nearly gaudy enough, it should be like Dunbar High Street every where (except Haddington and Tranent and especially not North Berwick.)

Actually, no. It shouldn’t be like Dunbar everywhere, that would be rubbish, Dunbar’s lights should be the allowed to be the gaudiest most anticipated light show in the world, better than the Blackpool Illuminations. But still everywhere else should just be a bit more flashy, a bit like it’s trying to be Vegas but secretly knows it’ll never pull it off, I think the word I’m looking for is tacky. Something like that house at the end of Milton Road in Edinburgh but at every house.
(do you know the house I mean? I can’t find anything about it on google, if anyone else can stick it up, I want to see some photos)

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