Spontaneous Santas on Parade.

Mom and I headed out to see the National Christmas Tree on Saturday. We wanted to see all the little trees around the big one, and the weather was really nice for December. After wandering through the White House Visitors' Center, we walked over to the Ellipse. We snapped a few photos of the tree and White House (more on that later) and were admiring the different state trees when we noticed a crowd forming.

And not just any crowd. Instead we saw a mass of Santas and other assorted winter characters gathering just south of the big tree.

There didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the Santa parade. Everyone was very merry, united in spreading Christmas cheer. They sang a couple of rousing Santa songs and some passed out little candy canes. We are pretty sure that they didn't even know each other.

Hurray Santa!

I've tried to find out online what could bring this many Santas together, but I was unsuccessful. I do know that it was awesome, that we stayed for a long time until the parade continued on towards the White House.

Someone could write a Christmas song about spontaneous Santas on parade. It's that awesome.

UPDATE: Erin (a fellow Wildcat in the Washington area) shared this link with the full details. It's awesome. I kind of want to do it next year.