Madison, Christmas Eve, snow...

As you can see, State Street is nearly entirely bereft of Christmas decorations...



... though an occasional lamppost has a big snowflake on it, as I noted here (prompting HeatherRadish to quip, "The symbol Madison chose to display for the holidays is a flake? Sweet Barack Obama's waffle, that's funny"). The snow itself is a nice, natural winter decoration, but I think there should be evergreens and strings of electric lights twirled around each lamppost.

Bikes are deeply embedded in snow...



... as is this sign memorializing a Vietnam War protest that once took place on this very spot...



... and this yard sign memorializing last month's election...