Tonight we went with our friends, Vic & Marianne to the Christmas Parade in Weslaco. It was a chilly night and we bundled up, but the cool weather and the parade really gave us that Christmas Spirit. The city of Weslaco is in Hidalgo County, about 20-25 minutes from our park. It is the hometown of Harlon Block, one of the marines photographed raising the flag at Iwo Jima. During WWII sandbag production reached a peak in Weslaco, and the town declared itself the “sandbagging capital of the world”. Another interesting fact – streets north of the railroad tracks have Spanish names, south of the tracks have English names as a consequence of a 1921 municipal ordinance declaring that land north of the tracks be reserved for Spanish residences and business and those south for Anglo residences.
This is the second year we have attended this parade and just love the hometown feel of it. The theme of the parade this year was music and jazz. There were several bands, dancers and beautiful floats, and the children’s favorite, Santa in an old fire truck.
What impressed us the most was that almost every float expressed the importance of keeping Christ in Christmas.
We have no activities planned in the park for tomorrow, but will be anxiously awaiting the arrival of Lori and Greg on Saturday. Just hoping the snowstorm predicted for New York does not delay their arrival.
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