The last Christmas Parade I saw I was in. Ten years ago Camille and Lindsay and Dean, Roberta and I were all happily riding in the Fire Truck when the parade abruptly stopped behind us and it took a long time to figure out what was the matter. There had been an accident and the emergency equipment couldn't get to the scene because it was so crowded. The parade circled the Square (if that makes sense) and had to be moved to a safer location the next year. It is now located on the straight lined Byhalia Road on the first Friday of every December and makes traffic unbearable for us who live nearby. The reason I am no longer boycotting is that we now have a mayor from old Collierville who would move it back to the Square if he wanted to. It is probably best where it is but I was mad because the outsider mayor that we had for so long had wanted to keep it off the Square and I waged my unsuccessful boycott. I am now no longer admonishing people not to go to the parade. I might even take a peek.
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