I mentioned in one post awhile ago that we participated in the Granville lighted tractor parade this year during the Christmas season.
Dan used his farmall cub, and built a small nativity float. There were a few things we learned thru this....
1. Don't use non-LED lights
2. Throw candy out a lot SLOWER
:-)
A young couple from church were Mary and Joseph. One of my piano students and Gwen and Lucie were wisemen/shepherds. And Eliza was a sheep.
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Had SO MUCH FUN! There were so many people who came out. Probably at least 5,000.
We ran out of candy before we got to the second street.
Our friend (and one of Dan's clients), Jim, snapped this selfie with us!
There were some fun floats! And some awesome tractors decorated!
This was the winning tractor
This was the second place float- a Gingerbread house!
The mayor, announcing the winners
It was a super fun activity, and even though our float wasn't flashy or impressive whatsoever, it was the only one in the entire fleet of floats (I think there were 50 some) that had anything to do with the real meaning of Christmas. As a result, we had lots of people who loved nativity and some visited church, some started watching out online services...etc.
It was a great outreach. Looking forward to doing it again next year. Thinking we will expand the nativity next year. Maybe some live animals!.....
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