Disney Christmas Trip - Day 4

We got up really early to open Christmas presents around our little purple tree (the kids insisted we bring it - I think it was purchased at the Disney store about 20 years ago...). We didn't spend a lot of time at the condo this morning - we needed to hurry so we could get to the Magic Kingdom for the Christmas festivities. Nicky had planned to watch the Christmas Parade - thinking it was on TV - but it turned out that they had filmed the broadcast version earlier in December... Oh well, the parade was still great. Mollie and I explored some of the little kid rides while the twins were with Nicky. In the end, there was a Tornado Warning and a HUGE thunderstorm (oh, and all the umbrellas were in the car...). I stood by Mollie under the only place we could stay out of the rain - but the puddles made us wet too. Mollie was wearing a Disney rain poncho (we purchased it here four years ago when it was raining during another visit) but got just as wet sloshing around... By the time we were all together in the car again, we were soaked! We made things lighter with a nice dinner at Pizzaria UNO, we went back to the condo to rest (naps were actually taken!). We realized around 1800 that it had stopped raining, so we headed back out to get some Character autographs at the Animal Kingdom. Because of the earlier wet rain, there was NOONE there at all! We had all of the rides to ourselves and had some memorable moments with Mickey, Minnie and Donald. It was a late bedtime, but we can put this Christmas near the top of the list!