On Saturday, Calumet and Laurium hosted their 2nd annual Santa Parade. Judy Byykkonen was on hand with her trusty camera, so we get to see some of the entries, too. The Mainstreet Calumet webpage said it started at 4:00 p.m. in Laurium on M-26 and Hecla Street and proceeded on a route to 5th St. in Calumet and ending at Elm Street. Ample opportunity for folks to line the street and enjoy the parade entries and some candy thrown from Santa’s helpers. What a fun time for everyone, the folks decorating their vehicles and the parade watchers, too!

I wasn’t able to find a video of the event, but we have a different parade from the Keweenaw National Historical Park, featuring a claymation virtual parade they developed for a previous Rose Parade with the theme “Find Your Adventure”, only they encouraged folks to “Find Your Park”. It’s quite clever and fun!

Very festive pictures. I didn't know there
was a parade. I must admit that I would
prefer the summer parades. But looks like
this one was fun. And it's done during the
day which is nice. The one in Minnesota
where we lived was done at night and was
called the Christmas light parade, or
something like that. It was always fun and
the businesses always had cool ideas for
their floats. Thanks for taking us along,
Judy.

The video was very cute.

Looks like it was a fun time for all last weekend. As for today, Dec 23rd, HAPPY FESTIVUS EVERYONE!

In the spirit of the season, I have to post this: