1 - Wellington's Santa Parade featured last Sunday - Chiara (far right) had been roped into being a pirate for the occasion, so there was no way I could possibly miss that...
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4 - the Falon Gong were on best behaviour for the event, having only just managed to gain approval to enter
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6 - with the dragons, pirates, calamari, vikings, and dancing types all round, it was pretty easy to forget the Christmas side of things...
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10 - ...but this dog clearly had the right idea.
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16 - Ah, at last... the real meaning of Christmas
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