Cleve-Lens: Christmas in Jul, er, June

Christmas in June

Aaaahhhh, Christmas in June. All the excitement the real holiday holds minus the presents, snow and matching family sweaters. While other venues plan to celebrate the summertime party next month, McNulty's Bier Markt decided to host the summertime event a month early, because, as bar owner Sam McNulty put it, "why wait that long?"

McNulty's tapped the kegs of Christmas Ale right before the bar opened at 4:30 p.m. Great Lakes Christmas Ale was the featured keg of the evening, along with the Belgium Corsendonk Christmas Ale. By 7 p.m., a good crowd had turned out to commemorate the halfway-to-the-real-holiday celebration. The only thing missing from McNulty's much-anticipated event was jolly old Saint Nick, Grandma and some spiked egg nog.