The Annual Santa Parade

Posted on: Saturday, December 9th, 2000
Posted in: 5th Stop: New Zealand, The RTW Tour, 2000-01 | Leave a comment

The Annual Santa Parade

12/9/00: Waihele Island, New Zealand

SP Santa

At 4 o’clock on this summery Saturday, the Waihekeans welcomed Christmas with drums and bugles, homemade floats, bellydancers, Saint Nick, and other festive spectacles.

Since the island hosts only about 7,000 residents, the procession (which most anyone can enter) lasted only 25 minutes. Clearly, that’s not long enough for a grand parade. So they simply circled around and marched up the street again!

SP Play Together

SP Band

SP Lion

SP Rainbow

SP Bella

SP Bent Guy

SP Mrs Claus

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