herbiehancock

One thing I really like about the town I live in is how the people here carry on traditions and pass them on from year to year. One tradition that this town holds dear is a parade around the courthouse square on the Friday evening after Thanksgiving Thursday.  This parade heralds the arrival of Santa Claus to our town for the Christmas season.  As Santa rides around the square in his horse-drawn wagon ( Yes, I know it is supposed to be a reindeer-pulled sleigh--work with me here people! ), the switch is flipped to turn on the Christmas lights around the square.  The lights are strung from the very top of the courthouse down to points all around the square so that when you look up you will see a canopy of lights in a sort of pinwheel above you.  It is really quite beautiful. The library where I work has a tradition of its own for this parade.  As our entry in the parade, we have people costumed as children's book characters walking alongside our library van. ...