Every small town wants to have their own Christmas parade around here and the town of Norris is no exception. This year we headed down to watch their parade on a beautiful Saturday morning.
There wasn't a huge crowd when we arrived, but people were gathering around the several block long parade route down the main street.
In the parade there was one marching band, several riding mowers, a tap dancing troupe, some churches, a few motorcycles, and a John Deere tractor! Yes, Santa was riding atop a fire truck and every piece of the parade threw out armfuls of candy to the kids. Seriously, we came home with more candy from that parade than Halloween night.
But the group that won the day was the public works dept of the town of Central (neighbors of Norris). On the back of a flatbed truck was a closed outhouse and a sewer pipe. Out of the sewer pipe climbed the Grinch and some helpers. Some music started and the Grinch mingled around the crowd doing a dance. As this took place, the doors to the outhouse - facing each side of the road - flew open to reveal a man sitting there, jeans at his ankles. He was pumping his arms to the music and singing!
It's great to see these smaller towns put on fun events. Just be warned if you try to use an outhouse in Central someone may peek in to see if you are dancing.
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