The premise was simple – come to the party dressed as someone that was either at the Nativity or someone that could (or should) have been at the Nativity.  That’s right – Merry Christmas.  The outcome was awesome.  We had everything from shepherds, wise men and even Elvis (the Fourth King) show up.  We even had a special guest appearance by the ultimate redneck baby Jesus.  That doesn’t happen often.  Prize for most obscure visitors who were historically correct were Zechariah and Elizabeth the parents of John the Baptist.  We thought “el caganer” was pretty obscure but that took some research – good job.

Stars and angels were popular choices and the less than coordinated duo of Marty McFly and Doc Brown happened due to a quickly read and accurately interpreted Facebook post. (Good job Champ.)  The costumes were great and the party was a lot of fun.

Thanks to everyone that came despite the weather being less than cooperative.

More pictures after the jump including a couple of shots from the alien invasion of the Playmobil Nativity.

Not sure – is it a patio heater or is it a fountain?  This is a little abstract.

Cleaning cart – someone has to keep the city clean.

Street maintenance worker.

There are a lot of cool, technically difficult and impressive sites on the web.  This isn’t what I would call the best coded site out there and definitely not the prettiest but all things being equal this one is pretty cool.  The basic premise – you can control the Christmas lights from the web page.  Not a bad little trick and you can see it all via his webcam.  You can even text him and have it pop up on a little LED window.  Overall a pretty good concept and he is using it to raise money and awareness for Celiac Disease.

So – go check out the page here and if you are feeling generous give a few dollars to the University of Maryland Center for Celiac Research (CFCR).  If you donate $100 you get to control the lights all by yourself for 10 minutes.  Here in a week you’ll be a hero if you are doing that.

P.S. – Just a word of caution – don’t mess with the Hulk.  Just don’t do it.  And if you are at work this site does have sound – just FYI.