The Paris Independent
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December 9, 2023
KIDS’ CORNER
Downtown streets came alive with festive floats, delighting children and parents alike FROM A KID’S PERSPECTIVE With Paris’ Stephen L
On December 2nd, Paris Ontario hosted its own Santa Claus Parade, attracting families from all over the town. Downtown streets came alive with festive floats, delighting children and parents alike, spreading holiday cheer and leaving lasting memories for everyone involved, including me! Here are some awesome highlights from the parade that I wrote in this article. Grand Floats Festivity
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A large firetruck came in front of the parade playing all of the popular holiday songs you know and love with lights on the sides mimicking the music playing, tune by tune! It was very impressive how they pulled that off since it’s only lights and music, but they did and the end result was cool (and I’m not referring to the temperature)! The Cambridge Shriners Club arrived at the town’s parade with a creative float coming from the North Pole!
There were members of the club anonymous grey truck had its own riding reindeer with the float Christmas mobile with a decorated around them with Christmas tree on the back. They festive Christmas lights! But that’s definitely be-wreath in the spirit not all, there were more members of the holidays. of the club driving small red-karts GrandBridge Energy made an and vehicles around the float, appearance with a large and waving to everyone they passed! decorated bucket truck (which are Although, they didn’t crash into the vehicles that workers use to anything; everything looked to be perform maintenance on hydro in pepper-mint condition! (there’s lines) with lights and deer all much more where that came from, around! But somebody made a trust me).The Paris & District surprise appearance on their float, Chamber of Commerce showed up the Grinch to be specific! He sat to the parade in a Christmasinside the bucket with a bag full of mobile decorated with a large presents and a big grin on his face. wreath at the front and holiday But it’s okay since they gave lights all around. But they’re not candy canes to all of the families the only ones with a Christmas they passed! This Christmas is mobile, The Rustic Palm also definitely orna-meant to be the showed up to the parade with a best one yet. vibrant lit-up palm tree on the Continued on page 23 back, with lights all around and an The Grinch stole GrandBridge Energy’s bucket truck and took it for a joy ride during the Paris Parade. It was one of many impressively decorated vehicles. Photo
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