Christmas on Main Street parade features festive floats, seafood bisque delivery

Jaime Rebhan
Dec 9, 2012
Santa and Mrs. Claus are transported on the Wareham Village Association's float... in a swan boat! BY JAIME REBHAN
A cook from Lindsey's Family Restaurant serves up seafood bisque in the back of a pick-up truck during the parade. Fellow employees passed the samples out to the chilly parade-goers. BY JAIME REBHAN
The decorated truck that transported Lindsey's Family Restaurant employees BY JAIME REBHAN
Wareham Girl Scout Troop 81121 traveled with a gingerbread house and trays of cookies. BY JAIME REBHAN
A look at Troop 81121's gingerbread house. BY JAIME REBHAN
A crew from Main Street pet groomer Jacks Are Wild and canine friends dressed as characters from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." BY JAIME REBHAN
It's the Grinch's faithful dog, Max! BY JAIME REBHAN
Another look at the festive Jacks Are Wild crew BY JAIME REBHAN
Mike Ponte and his candy-tossing gorilla got a nod for "creativity." BY JAIME REBHAN
BY JAIME REBHAN
Mini-horses took the "cute" category. BY JAIME REBHAN

A gingerbread house, dancing elves, Santa and Mrs. Claus in a swan boat, inline-skating hockey players, and Lindsey's Family Restaurant cooks doling out samples of seafood bisque were just some of the creative and festive floats that headed through town during the Wareham Village Association's Christmas on Main Street parade on Sunday, Dec. 9.

The event went off without a hitch, after inclement weather caused organizers to postpone it on Saturday.

The theme was "Main Street Magic," and there was a lot of holiday magic to go around!

Floats were judged in various categories by Wareham residents Bob White, Joanne Byron, Anne Eisenmenger (Wareham Week publisher), and Patrick Lester.

Here are the winners. Check out the galleries to see the floats!

Best with the parade's theme, Main Street Magic:

Lindsey's Family Restaurant, whose employees passed out seafood bisque to parade-goers

Most Creative:

  1. Wareham Girl Scout Troop 81121, with the gingerbread house on parade
  2. Jacks Are Wild, with characters -- both human and canine -- from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
  3. Mike Ponte, and his festive gorilla
Cutest:
Two miniature horses

Most Spirited:
Kaleidoscope School of Dance and Gymnastics
Little Steps Family Childcare
People's Choice:
Based on a Wareham Village Association poll, hosted on Facebook, the Wareham Gatemen float was viewers' favorite float of the parade.
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