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A Nighttime Santa Claus Parade

This weekend, we headed out with my good friends and their sweet little babe to catch a Santa Claus parade at night.

 

  Everyone bundled up from head to toe (even Whiskey later on) and headed out.

 

We anxiously awaiting the parade to start.

 

Whiskey kept looking down the street to see when it would start.

 

The first float we saw was horse drawn that jingled the whole way down the street.

 

There were policemen on motorcycles…

 

…and an old vintage firetruck with sirens.

 

Even a symbol of snowy Canadian winters – a plow – was all decked out for the holiday.

 

There were miniature 18 wheelers…

 

…and a cheery town crier.

 

A massive box of popcorn made its way down the street…

 

…followed by a huge lit up gingerbread house.

 

It was about this time that someone requested that her photo be taken as well. This is her attempt at “cheese”…just need to work on opening those eyes.

 

There were lit up batons being twirled…

 

…and rows upon rows of children dressed up as Christmas presents.

 

 

Even one of my most feared icons (Mr. Peanut is not a favourite among allergy sufferers) made is way down the street, followed by one of the all-time best lunches…a giant Pita.

 

There were incredible bands like this marching group. They were amazing performers that had us wishing we could watch them longer.

 

One of my favourite floats was the Boy Scouts – they had made a giant waterfall for a canoe, and were set up roasting marshmallows on a fake fire.

 

As the night started to get chilly, Whiskey asked for Garrett to pick him up. I love the surprised look on his face…he just saw another dog right before I took this.

 

Even the babe wanted to get up too and have a better view of the floats coming up next.

 

She was very quick to inform us that this was in fact a unicorn…not a horse like we said.

 

The local firefighters had a beautifully lit up float…

 

…and were going around giving high fives to kids. I don’t know who was beaming more, them or the kids.

 

There were huge bagpipe bands playing Christmas favourites…

 

…and classic cars revving their engines.

 

These two were starting to get excited when they heard familiar jingle bells ringing…

 

…it was Santa! The crowd roared as he drove by, and children yelled his name. Its hard not to get into the Christmas spirit when you see how excited they all were.

 

Even the poor old Grinch was getting high fives from kids.

 

It was a wonderfully special night with some great friends and the perfect way to start the holiday season. After some ice cream for dessert and a bittersweet goodbye, Garrett, Whiskey and I headed home to decorate our tree. It was hard not to after all the Christmas spirit we saw. But more on that soon…

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