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A Day of Parades on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau
Written By: Mary Jane McCall | Issue: 2021/12 – December
It wouldn’t be a Plateau Holiday Season without The Cashiers Christmas Parade and Highlands Olde Mountain Christmas Parade, both set for Saturday, December 4.
The communities of Highlands and Cashiers know how to celebrate the Christmas season, and starting December of this year both communities are having their Christmas parades on Saturday, December 4.
Can you think of a better way to get in the spirit of the season than a day of parades?
We can’t and are giddy with delight at the thoughts of two parades in one day. Make no mistake, you need to see them both. It really is twice the fun, and you have just enough time in between the two to shop and have lunch. This day just keeps getting better and better.
The Highlands Olde Mountain Christmas Parade steps off at 10:30 A.M., making its way down Main Street to the delight of onlookers.
Magic is in the air and creativity is on display as these creative floats and entries march down Main Street. Churches, businesses, and organizations spend weeks designing and building floats which will be joined by not one but two marching bands – the Franklin High School Band and the Rosman High School Band – dogs, horses, classic cars, the Highlands School Homecoming Court, cheerleaders and ball teams, fire trucks, emergency vehicles, and much more. Back this year are crowd favorites, the Walking Nativity featuring live camels and the always entertaining and well-choreographed dancing ladies of the Mountain Garden Club.
Of course, Santa will be the Guest of Honor.
The Cashiers parade starts at 3:00 P.M. and marches up 107 South to the crossroads where it turns left down Highway 64 to Frank Allen Road. The Village Green, purveyor of the magical light display that brings such joy to the community will be the Grand Marshall this year. The theme this year is Your Favorite Christmas Character, so feel free to come dressed as your favorite character from film, TV, or book, but please no Santas. There can only be one Santa, after all, and he’ll be a Featured Guest in this parade as well. Fun and creativity abound in this parade, evidenced by the names of the awards that will be bestowed at parade’s end: Cashiers Christmas Star, Elfin Magic, Holiday Spirit, Tin Soldier, Cashiers Caroling, Vintage Vehicle, Fruitcake Award, and Rudolph’s Friends. The Rosman High School Band caps a busy day by marching here, too.
For more information, call the Highlands Chambers of Commerce and Visitors Center at (828) 526-5841 and the Cashiers Area Chamber at (828) 743-5191.
