"Cookies & Cider on the Porch" brought young and their elders to the Log House Museum Dec. 7 as a kind of warm up both before and after the visit of the Christmas ships to Alki Beach.

It was a welcome respite from the frigid temperatures that have gripped the area for the past few days.

According to Clay Eals, Southwest Seattle Historical Society Executive Director they had a total of about 50 people visit from 4 to 6 p.m., before and after the Christmas Ship from 5:10 to 5:30 p.m.