It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Craig
NEW CASTLE – It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Craig County, with the annual Christmas Parade along the streets of New Castle on Dec. 3.
The color guard from the Veterans of Foreign Wars started off the event, followed by Craig County High School Cheerleaders carrying a Merry Christmas banner and followed by younger cheerleaders.
Santa Claus and his helpers come to New Castle on a vintage fire truck owned by the Craig County-New Castle Volunteer Fire Department. Mark Guthrie photo
There were horseback riders, a nativity scene sponsored by First Baptist Church, vintage cars and the Kazim Klowns from Kazim Temple, racing around in circles.
Craig County High School cheerleaders start off the parade behind the VFW Color Guard. Mark Guthrie photo
The highlight of the parade for the littlest ones was Santa arriving with his helpers on a vintage firetruck.
Afterwards, children lined up at the Craig County Courthouse to tell Santa their wishes.
Among the parade units were:
• IGA employees getting in the spirit of things with their “Home Town Christmas” float.
• A nativity scene in the back of this pick-up truck was part of the float by First Baptist Church entitled Happy Birthday Jesus.
• VFW members leading the parade from the Fair Grounds down Rt. 311 to the courthouse where children got a chance to visit with Santa.
• Craig County High School Rockets’ Homecoming Queen Kora White sitting atop a float decked out with a 15-foot-tall rocket, a blue Christmas tree and balloons.
First Baptist Church's float featured a nativity scene in the back of a pickup truck. Gwen Johnson photo
• New Castle School of Dance students following behind a white Volkswagen bearing the school’s name.
• Members of the Craig County Citizens for the Constitution proud of the red, white and blue be it on a float as in logging truck, or on the American flag they fly.
For more photos from the Craig County Christmas Parade, pick up a copy of the Dec. 7 issue of The New Castle Record.
