Christmas at National Harbor

Even though National Harbor is kind of a silly manufactured area that's trying too hard to be hip, it's only five minutes from our house and is pretty festive at Christmas time. There are fireworks every Friday in December (we caught the end of one show a few weeks ago) and a water-skiing Santa on Christmas Eve.

We headed over there Thursday night to see the big tree by the water and check out the festivities inside the Gaylord Convention Center.







Outside the Gaylord Convention Center:


The girls loved riding on the train, even though it only went in a small circle over and over and over again:








One of the best features of the Convention Center is riding the glass elevators to the top and looking down at the roof:











The fountain show:




An impromptu dance party at the tree (the lights on the tree are set to music):