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With yet another year of restrictions, lockdowns,<br />
travel limits and economic hardships, it was said<br />
“We need a Little Christmas”. The Subic Bay<br />
Yacht Club rose to the call.<br />
The traditional decorating of the street side started early in<br />
October as one could see the sparks of the welding and hear<br />
the roar of the grinders producing a steel structure? What<br />
will it be? The theme was a Hawaiian Christmas, a massive<br />
30-foot-tall Pineapple was the center piece of this year’s<br />
display. A beautiful Nativity Scene and dozens of lit up stars<br />
adorned the entire street side of the Yacht Club. Stadium<br />
sized speakers blared Christmas cheer every night, it was<br />
Christmas at the Subic Bay Yacht Club.<br />
The crowning event of the nautical Christmas season is the<br />
Third Annual Subic Bay Yacht Club Lighted Boat Parade,<br />
this year it was bigger than ever. Eight brilliantly lit up<br />
vessels with flashing lights, gigantic inflatable characters<br />
and boats filled with celebraters gathered just before dark<br />
at the Yacht Club. The lead boat, M/Y Furthur, had gone all<br />
out with over 3000 lights. The boat seemed to be following<br />
the life-sized inflatable Santa and his sled, with the reindeer<br />
leading the way over the bow. As the boat passed the<br />
Santa’s village and snow man could be seen waving at the<br />
crowds from the stern. All this under the strobing lights of<br />
a huge star mounted on the mast top.<br />
Stadium sized speakers<br />
blared Christmas cheer<br />
every night, it was<br />
Christmas at the Subic<br />
Bay Yacht Club.<br />
CHRISTM<br />
Words by BRIAN CALVERT<br />
Photographs as Credited<br />
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