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Our city has a Christmas parade every year; it is "The Parade of Lights" and every entry has to have lights - the more the better.

Our Sunday School class decided to join the annual Christmas parade as a social event for the whole class including our kids. (Ft Worth has an annual "Parade of Lights" and all entries have to have lights of some sort as part of the decorations)

The theme of the parade was "The Twelve Days of Christmas" Well, instead of just marching with lights and singing the song, we were the 12 days - with a slight twist

One of our class members was pregnant at the time ;she wore a bird suit and rode on a flatbed with all the little kids (the flatbed was covered with leaves and branches and lots of lights). She really did look like a plump little partridge.

How about........
Two Ninja Turtledoves
Four calling birds - four women with princess phone handsets and feather boas
5 gold rings = gold spray painted hula hoops
Swans a swimming - snorkel gear
geese a laying -- straw wreaths around the waist with giant plastic eggs glued on
Pipers: bubble flutes
Dancing ladies: all our pre teen daughters in various dance recital outfits.
Milk maids: just ordinary milk maid outfits except two of our maids were men in drag also included was a woman in a cow suit.
a back row of 12 men( Lords a Leaping) in white long johns with red or green silk boxer shorts Leaping in unison
We all wore those little battery powered white lights

So whenever I hear it, I visualize that parade and all the fun we had. It is a cherished memory for all who participated. We still sing it at our Christmas Carol Sunday with the kids and grandkids and if we were in the parade, we act out our parts.

Thirty some odd years later, we are still having fun