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Join the Parade!
Written By: Mary Jane McCall | Issue: 2016/11 - November | Photograph By: Marjorie Christiansen Photography
Highlands’ much loved and highly anticipated annual Christmas Parade will be held on Saturday, December 3, at 11:00 A.M.
Main Street will be lined with folks young and old eagerly awaiting the wide array of creative floats and participants who work so hard to make each year’s parade a rousing success.
The Olde Moujntain Christmas Parade boasts a level of community participation and pride that few other towns can match. Staged entirely by local groups, churches, businesses, fire departments, civic groups, and individual citizens, this parade embodies the best of small town America.
The entries change from year to year but ever-present and always popular are the imaginatively costumed and well-rehearsed dancing ladies of the Highlands Mountain Garden Club. The Highlands United Methodist Church entry provides us with a living reminder of the reason for the season with their marching nativity scene featuring Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, and the three Wise Men leading live camels. And of course, Santa and Mrs. Claus end the parade to the delight of our youngest spectators who eagerly await his appearance and the chance to visit with him after the parade to review their wish lists.
Also joining the fun will be countless other floats, horses, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, dogs (often decked out in seasonal attire), fire trucks, rescue vehicles, classic cars, the Highlands School Homecoming Court and athletic teams, local politicians, and Smokey the Bear. Many groups start their planning and assembly months before the day of the parade and their creativity and hard work are enjoyed by all.
If you are part of a group that would like to be included in the lineup, contact the Highlands Chamber of Commerce at (828) 526-2112. There is no entry fee and the more, the merrier so don’t be shy, join the fun today. Please note that Santa is already in the lineup though so, no need to invite him to be in your entry.
