The Great Figgy Pudding Christmas Caroling Competition is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7 at Westlake Center in downtown Seattle. In years past, our family tackled the Friday afternoon traffic on I-5 south to attend this wonderful event. When traffic and the lack of parking downtown became challenging, we opted to take the Metro bus, from Northgate. This was less than ideal, and on one occasion we actually booked a room at a hotel to avoid all the travel and parking stress.