Kirkwall Christmas Tree Lighting 2008

Viki & I were at this on Saturday night.

Every year for the last 25 years, Hordaland in Norway (which has been our twin region for the same length of time) has donated a Christmas tree to Orkney, and it stands outside St Magnus Cathedral on the Kirk Green.

And usually the convenor of Hordaland region comes over for the tree-lighting ceremony, part of which features local school children portraying the part of St Lucy and her attendants.

So here are some bits of video Viki took...

Kirkwall City Pipe Band playing prior to the Cathedral service:

Local & Norwegian dignatories, and local children leaving the Cathedral
The countdown and the tree is lit!

Silly Videos...

My daft cat, Minnie, not all that interested in her laser pointer (but she had been playing with it a bit earlier, so she was probably just tired)... love how she shakes her back leg, and then settles down for a wash!

I'll put the video of her playing with it here on my foto blog...