Santa was among those taking part Saturday in the Jamestown Christmas Parade.
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The Social Group
The Social Group hosts a cocktail party at Lulav on Saturday, November 10.
The parade, with a theme of "A Christmas Movie," began at the Jamestown School, went west on Highway 179, looped through the city, made a stop at the senior housing and returned to the school.
Parade entries included a number of floats, fire trucks, a vintage 1992 Corvette, a 1941 International Harvester truck with four generations of the Schlup family, several ATVs, a walking elf of normal human size, a bicycle pulling a small wagon with Roxie the dog (costumed with antlers), Madelynn Gerlach astride Reba the horse and a number of business vehicles.
Since there was no snow on the ground, Santa used the Jamestown 1955 fire truck, now privately owned, as a sleigh. After the parade, Santa went over to the school to listen to a long line of children and have his picture taken with them.
Following the visit with Santa, many stayed in the school to enjoy a meal of a hot chili meal provided by the music department.
Winning floats were:
First place - "The Polar Express" float of Eagles Nest Childcare;
Second place - "The Island of Misfit Toys" float of the Girl Scouts;
Third place - "The Little Drummer Boy" float of the New Hope Baptist Church.