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Christmas Parade

Last night, in my little southern city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, the annual Christmas parade took place. It was really cold! We took our three year old grandson and it was a love/hate experience for him. Sitting on the street curb, the large floats pulled by semi-trucks overwhelmed the little guy! Then came the marching dogs with jingle bells, and all was good. Another huge truck or loud motorcycle group blasted by and terror replaced the giddiness. We would stand with him and step back abit and he would be fine. It went back and forth like this most of the night. Belly laughter and joy and then screaming to go home. At the end of the parade, he talked of nothing but how much fun the parade was. The parade had bands, floats, pageant misses, little misses, and tiny little misses, trains, scout troups, church groups, but of course, our annual favorite . . . The guy who has put a toilet on a riding lawn mower and rides down the middle of town sitting on the toilet yelling "Merry Christmas!" It's a wonderful life.
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posted by Sallie @ 5:43 AM