This was a moment of magic…

Emerging from a shopping trip we encountered something straight out of my childhood.

Not just the old Salvation Army kettle and the hired bell ringer that has become the new norm…

No, this was an honest to G_d uniform wearing pair of genuine SALVATION ARMY KETTLE BAND players!

Nothing says Christmas quite the same as the glorious noise of a real brass band belting out Hark the Herald Angels Sing...