Saturday, December 13, 2008

Christmas in Santa Claus- Christmas Parade

With all the publicity this season about our little town of Santa Claus- I thought I would share some highlights of this year's Christmas Festival. For the record...there is no Rudolph Cafe here in Santa Claus like the Radio Shack commercial would have you believe. We do have a Silent Night Cafe with wonderful latte's.

We started the weekend off with the Christmas Parade. It was a little chilly...but Nick's little cousins were ready. They also made sure to let us (the adults) know when we'd missed picking up a piece of candy. Since Abe Lincoln spent much of his youth just a few miles from Santa Claus... he also joined the parade festivities. No parade is complete without a clown car...
Father Christmas... or the Pope??? Either way...beware of the kids throwing the candy!

In Santa Claus, the fire department has something no other fire department has- their fire trucks are named after Santa's reindeer....

And because it's Santa Claus... there were also elves in the Christmas Parade. He was right jolly old elf who seemed happy to pose for my picture!

You would think that Santa would arrive in a sleigh like this one....

But instead... he flew by in a mustang. Guess he was in a hurry to get back to his list of those who are naughty and nice....

Merry Christmas!!

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