Holiday parade question

[rdj]

Did anyone else experience a 20 minute or so lag between floats at about 6:40?

[carltonplace]

Did anyone else experience a 20 minute or so lag between floats at about 6:40?

Yes. I think a float broke down and had to be removed. I'm pretty sure it was the alien float.

[Conan71]

I was standing at 4th and Cheyenne. Right before the fireworks went off the parade sped up to 60 MPH and the last few floats went speeding by. There were a few really long gaps at the begining of the parade so I guess they were trying to make up for lost time?

We were barely going fast enough to keep the bicycles upright.  We ate at The Vault after the parade and Libby was telling us their Elote-mobile's battery went dead right before they were supposed to move out and they had to wrangle some jumper cables in a big hurry.

[sauerkraut]

The real Christmas Parade was the big parade at Tulsa Hills, it was packed with people. Christmas is about Christ - it's a Christian holiday. The downtown parade  may as  well be held  on New Years or some other time of the year, it does not celebrate Christmas and that's the reason for the season.

[rdj]

The real Christmas Parade was the big parade at Tulsa Hills, it was packed with people. Christmas is about Christ - it's a Christian holiday. The downtown parade  may as  well be held  on New Years or some other time of the year, it does not celebrate Christmas and that's the reason for the season.

I don't think the original poster asserted it as a question about the Christmas parade, it was a question about the holiday parade.

If they were to do the Holiday Parade of Lights some other time of the year then what holiday would it be celebrating?  MLK Day?  Have one of those.  Memorial Day?  Yep, there's a celebration for that.  Independence Day?  Oh, all kinds of events and parades in the area.  Veteran's Day?  It's downtown even.  You want the traditional Holiday Parade of Lights to celebrate Labor Day?  Too many picnics.  Arbor Day?  RM might like that, it promotes trees.  Or, Columbus Day?  Am I missing any other holidays that we could celebrate with a parade of lights?

[Townsend]

The real Christmas Parade was the big parade at Tulsa Hills, it was packed with people. Christmas is about Christ - it's a Christian holiday. The downtown parade  may as  well be held  on New Years or some other time of the year, it does not celebrate Christmas and that's the reason for the season.

Sometimes, it seems, a post is made that is so blatantly stupid that the poster has to be fake.

[RecycleMichael]

The real Christmas Parade was the big parade at Tulsa Hills, it was packed with people. Christmas is about Christ - it's a Christian holiday. The downtown parade  may as  well be held  on New Years or some other time of the year, it does not celebrate Christmas and that's the reason for the season.

The downtown parade celebrated Christmas as well as other holidays. The south Tulsa parade celebrated Christmas shopping at the stores at a mall.

[DolfanBob]

Was TNF represented at the Christmas parade? Anyone? Anyone?

[Hoss]

Sometimes, it seems, a post is made that is so blatantly stupid that the poster has to be fake.

Source!

[Townsend]

Was TNF represented at the Christmas parade? Anyone? Anyone?

Tulsa Hills has become a depressing place.  It's a place to go, do what you need to, and leave.

It's a shame.  It could've been so much more.

[Gaspar]

Tulsa Hills has become a depressing place.  It's a place to go, do what you need to, and leave.

It's a shame.  It could've been so much more.

I agree. It has no atmosphere and you feel like you are taking some form of radical drivers test just to weave from store to store.  "You can't get out that way. . .or that way. . .or that way. . ."  The firm that designed it should not ever design anything ever again.

[DolfanBob]

I agree with you both. I haven't been back after I had to get a item for Christmas when it first opened. The weaving in and out of parking lots was rediculous.
I was just curious if anyone went to the parade and what they thought about it.
Me personally, I would much rather watch a parade with the backdrop of tall buildings. But that's just me.

[carltonplace]

I agree with you both. I haven't been back after I had to get a item for Christmas when it first opened. The weaving in and out of parking lots was rediculous.
I was just curious if anyone went to the parade and what they thought about it.
Me personally, I would much rather watch a parade with the backdrop of tall buildings. But that's just me.

And subsequent holiday fireworks.

[Teatownclown]

Sauer, fooled me. I thought it twas all about stuff.

[DolfanBob]

And subsequent holiday fireworks.

Ka-Zackly!