Parade of Holiday Lights

Saturday night was the parade of holiday lights here in town, a kickoff for the holiday season. It finally warmed up to a high of 45 on Saturday and was only down to freezing by evening, perfect parade watching weather after a terribly cold week when no one wanted to go outside. Over a thousand people showed up with kids in tow to see the lights, drink hot cider and watch the fireworks. I don't know what these blue things the people carried were supposed to be but I liked the color.

This swirly design is what the city has attached to all the  downtown light poles.

An inflatable snowman riding on a sleigh.

The grease monkey - - would Hanuman approve? He was huge and slightly creepy as he bobbed  back and forth grinning in the breeze.

A light be-decked float. Things have gotten quite mechanical in the parade world, at least here locally. There were decorated riding lawnmowers, forklift trucks, crane utility trucks, old fire engines, buses, vans, an electric wheelchair or two and of course many giant flatbed trailers towed by giant trucks, and all  were covered with brownies or cub scouts or church groups or 4-H clubbers. And all were disguised as Santa's sleigh or winter wonderlands.