The Stars of Christmas in Weston 2012

Each year on the first Saturday in December our little town of Weston, Vermont celebrates "Christmas in Weston"  Its a daytime event sponsored by the local business community to attract visitors to the town for the day.  Its basically designed as an outing for families with lots of activities for the kids and open houses and businesses.  People are expected to come: visit, tour and shop.

Phil Phister from Landgrove brings his team of horses to offer rides to the kids.  His is a three horse team which is unusual and the horses are beautiful  The horses are not used as a team often so this year I happened upon his dry run with the team to insure that the horses had experienced the route before hand.  Also I think it is a refresher for everyone as to his boss and what the command signals are.

When I asked Phil if I could take some pictures he commented "Be sure not to forget the horses behinds.  I guess he is quite taken with their tails.

Phil is the one sitting on the left or in the drives seat.  He has had a farm over in Landgrove for years and among other things heads the towns road crew.  He also provides sleigh rides for the Landgrove Inn and keeps their cross country trails groomed etc. 

Finally a front view and evidence via my Yukon that I was there.  The horses are really beautiful and should be a welcome addition to the days happenings this upcoming Saturday.l

Tuesday afternoon, November 28, 2012