Christmas Parade

Like many villages, Earlville has a Christmas parade to open the holiday season. The fire department decorates ALL four (or is it five?) fire trucks with lights and Santa rides on the biggest one with the siren going. The other "floats" vary, some from churches, some from businesses or clubs in town (not too many, but perhaps enough to make a dozen). The parade starts at the convenience store on the edge of town and zigzags across Main Street until they've gone down EVERY street in Earlville (trust me, it doesn't take that long) ending up in the center of town where Santa talks to the kids at the fire station. This year someone brought a donkey. The kids LOVED it especially since they were allowed to pet him... let's just say Santa has probably not seen that much competition in years. Meanwhile, there's the lighting of Earlville's enormous LIVING Christmas tree and free punch and homemade cookies at the library.

Unlike some parades, Earlville also has a Ms. Earlville, a Jr. Miss Earlville and a Mr. Earlville who is posing with the first Miss Earlville from 1976. (It looks like Mr. Earlville is already having dreams of sugarplums.)