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December 04, 2004
Christmas Parade
We took WildChild to the Christmas Parade in Bentonville last night. It was great...a real Christmas parade with umpteen floats of all kinds, including several from local churches. There was even a group of pugs all dressed up (accompanied by their owners of course) which cracked WildChild up. He kept yelling "Look! There's Sollie! And another Sollie! And another Sollie!" He also started screaming at the top of his lungs when Santa came by and waved at him. "I LIKE PARADES!" he would say repeatedly the whole time we were there. I believe he does.
It was nice to see that there are still some places in the world where it's ok to sing Christmas carols....secular and non-secular. Where it is ok to celebrate our own cultural traditions as well as that of others. I was brought up to enjoy our traditions, and to respect the rights of others to do things differently.
So-called 'multiculturalism' has destroyed that in most places.
But not all.
UPDATE: It was, in fact, a lot like a parade in Mayberry.
Posted by Rita at December 4, 2004 06:21 AM