too cold for a parade

-25 wind chills

We went to Chinatown anyway.

Lion dancers cleared the route of evil spirits.

Oh, it was very, very cold.

The kids lasted long enough to see the dragons bring good luck.

Then it was back home where I'd planned to finish this up. Good fortune is already mine. When I looked inside I found that I must have made the cookies last year and forgotten. Now I just need to decide what fortunes to write on the twill tape "papers".