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December Holiday Celebrations in Walnut Creek

·Walnut Creek, California·#winter#bay area#christmas#holiday celebration#family#kids
Two smiling people stand together in front of a festive Christmas tree adorned with lights and ornaments.

The December calendar in Walnut Creek has filled itself in all at once. First came the grown-up round: a holiday party with friends, sweaters and necklaces under someone's tree hung with glass icicles, then another evening with two old friends where we lined up for a photo three separate times before everyone had their eyes open.

Broadway Plaza did its tree lighting and Santa's arrival downtown, and our daughter got her turn in the big red chair — glitter still on her cheek from face painting, Santa leaning down while she looked up at him and kept talking.

At home the elf has raised the stakes, building a snowman out of a stack of toilet paper rolls on the dining table, complete with a scarf, a carrot nose, and a sign asking if anyone wanted to build a snowman. That one got a big reaction at breakfast.

And her Daisy troop gathered after school in their blue smocks, thirteen of them practicing the Girl Scout sign. It took a few tries to get everyone signing in the same direction at the same time — one girl kept her sunglasses on throughout.

Three women stand close together, smiling at the camera in an indoor setting with shelves and a window.Three women stand together indoors, two wearing black and one wearing a pink top, with shelves in the background.Three smiling women stand together indoors, two in dark outfits and one in a magenta top.A child sits on a red chair next to a person dressed as Santa, with a decorated Christmas tree behind them.An Elf on the Shelf doll sits in a toilet paper snowman, holding a sign that says "Do you want to build a snowman?".Thirteen young children, many in blue aprons, stand outdoors, some making a three-finger hand gesture.A group of young children, many in blue Girl Scout Daisy aprons, stand outdoors making a three-finger sign.A group of children, one in a Santa hat, in blue aprons, many making a three-finger sign, stand outdoors.

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