Saturday’s stroll along the waterfront confirmed my suspicion: we have entered peak traffic light season. Red, yellow and green wherever you look. 

And a dangerous season it is. 

The yellows tend to disappear:

And the red and green don’t wait their turn, but signal all at once. 

The confusion doesn’t end here: Felted candy nests on hair’

myopic wildlife settles on chests

or plays impostor as a beast of burden

Beards get stuck in tinsel coils,

Trees sprout on ears

and liberal helpings of x-mas libations make it hard to take a steady picture.

Starry-eyed children wonder why Santa is wearing Daddy’s rubber boots

and shady-eyed beavers fully succumb to anthropomorphizing…..

Some people revert to springier greens, not a good idea given the weather:

And some people flee across the tracks to avoid having demonstrators reminding us of the real world during traffic light season.

Portland never disappoints, even if mutant Santas lurk in corners…

and some participants in the caroling elevate the color code of traffic light season to neon …

Regardless of season PDX continues to put a bird on it….

And for today’s listening pleasure go to these satires: http://mentalfloss.com/article/72216/8-christmas-song-parodies-sing-holiday