Christmas Crazy

I already posted about how Manila is Christmas Crazy, but it just keeps multiplying! I can't even believe it!
Last week, these seven Christmas trees were put up around the corner from our apartment:
Then we were delighted to discover that they are lit different colors at night!
The mall nearest us is decorated with a mermaid theme, and Elias was acting scared of the jellyfish... "Bad squishy!" You can see in the bottom of this picture the entrance to the little walkthrough.
 It turns out it was just a walkthrough virtual aquarium, not a Christmas display, but we still loved it!
Elias said, "I found Nemo!!"
Downstairs from the aquarium display was this holiday gourmet food popup sale. Popups like these are all over the place!
Finally, there is a large central area of our neighborhood called High Street, which is about 5 blocks long, and is jam packed with stores and restaurants. We saw signs advertising that there was a light show there the whole month of December, so we went to check it out. It was UNBELIEVABLE!
This video is about 6 minutes long, but it shows the whole show from beginning to end. Madness!! (If you don't want to watch the whole thing, skip to 3 minutes to see my favorite part!)

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