The rain started falling last night, tapered off this morning, and returned to drizzle around noon. The community held its collective breath—would the annual Springfield Oregon Christmas parade be ruined? Dubbed the oldest and coldest parade in the nation, the event would celebrate is 66th year of issuing in the Christmas season. The show had […]
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Tradition Reigns Parade
Touting their Christmas parade as the “oldest and coldest” in the Northwest, citizens of Springfield, Oregon once again marched down their main thoroughfare the first Saturday in December. Horses, bands, commercial floats and gaily dressed individuals sauntered beneath unseasonably blue skies and waved from warm perches, disproving the “coldest” mantra—at least this year. The weather […]