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The horse-drawn parade & other holiday highlights By Chad Lawhorn Journal-World File Photos
Scenes from a few of Lawrence’s holiday celebrations last year. Top to bottom: Santa descends from the roof of Weaver’s on Massachusetts Street; the menorah is lit outside the Lawrence Public Library; the stagecoach passes by in the Old Fashioned Christmas Parade.
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anta’s not the only character who takes hold of the reins during the Christmas season. While promises of flying reindeer can’t be made, there will be a whole lot of horses and riders — often in elaborate carriages — making their way down Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence on the first Saturday of December. It has become a tradition that at 11 a.m. on that particular Saturday — this year it is Dec. 6 — is when the Lawrence Old Fashioned Christmas Parade takes center stage. The parade is old fashioned because it shuns modern vehicles. The parade is one of the most unique in the nation because every entrant features horses or a horse-drawn vehicle.
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