Christmas Lights

My Dad always took us for a drive to see the Christmas lights. The only difference today, is I make Rick drive me around to look at the lights. Of course the other difference is that I am in Bonaire.

This is one of the government buildings that is dripping in gold lights.  The government shuts down from mid-December to Mid-January  which is convenient for no one except the government workers.
 

The Flamingo Airport is decked out in pink and white lights.  The airport only has two night flights.  Most visitors don't get to see the lights as they come and go in the daylight hours.

Each street light in downtown Kralendijk is adorned with Christmas lights. The store windows are decorated with Christmas scenes of snow, American Santa's and evergreen Christmas trees. Since there is no Thanksgiving celebration to usher in the holiday season, the decorations start going up in mid-November.

Sinter Klaus's arrival by sea, has been cancelled due to high Covid numbers. No one is allowed to gather in groups of more than 50 without a permit to do so.

Every traffic circle, park structure and sail boat in the harbor has lights.  We thought we would join the celebration.  We purchased LED Christmas lights with 110 plugs, but 110 in Bonaire is not the same as 110 in the US. Plugged in the lights with a converter and half the light strands blinked and then stopped working.  Why do they sell American type lights that don't work on the electrical system on the island?  Geeesh!

Even the palm trees get decorated. This is another government building that faces the sea.  The lights  reflect onto the water.

Christmas on the island is not a commercial endeavor.  The Dutch don't exchange thousands of gifts. It is still a celebration of the birth of Jesus.