Christmas Parade

The love for our little town seems to be growing! Every year Allegan has a bunch of seasonal events as we get closer to Christmas. One of them that we always love to attend is the night parade and the arrival of Santa! I thought it might be something that my little nephew Noah would like, so I invited Jill to come enjoy the fun with us. Well, Mema and Papa couldn't resist, so they came too. Now this is becoming a big family event! It seems its pretty popular with everyone else in the town too, because it was really hard to even find a parking spot.

We eventually all met up next to the Regent Theater (my favorite place in town) and within a few minutes the parade started. Down the road came police cars, fire trucks and a bunch of floats from different businesses and families in town. The high school band marched through, playing some Christmas classics, and then finally the main attraction: Santa himself! Noah was pretty pumped to see him, as well as collecting the candy that had been thrown from the floats.

The parade went down the street and ended up in the pavilion where Santa walked down and sat for everyone who wanted to get pictures. Ledge is unfortunately a little too old for the picture part, but he got a picture with Santa and Noah. Everyone had a great time and it was so fun to be able to share that experience with the whole family!

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