PHOTO BY JIMMY WALLS

Members of Men Of Character and Links2Success take part in the annual Christmas Parade in downtown Arcadia. Mosaic Co. helped by giving them goodies to hand out to kids along the parade route, and Arcadia Chevrolet Buick also assisted.

PHOTO BY JOHN BLACK

DeSoto County Commissioner Bob Miller hugs Jackie Tucker before the start of the annual Christmas Parade Saturday in downtown Arcadia.

PHOTO BY JOHN BLACK

DeSoto County Commissioner Bob Miller hugs Jackie Tucker before the start of the annual Christmas Parade Saturday in downtown Arcadia.

PHOTO BY JOHN BLACK

DeSoto County Commissioner Bob Miller hugs Jackie Tucker before the start of the annual Christmas Parade Saturday in downtown Arcadia.

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DeSoto Memorial Hospital's Corporate Compliance department enacts Seven Swans A-Swimming as they walk along the parade route.

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The DeSoto County Commissioners floatis complete with Christmas tree and stockings as it makes its way fown West Oak Street.

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The DeSoto County High School Blazing Blue Band marches along Oak Street with musical instruments festooned with colored lights.

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The ARC Angels have a lively marching unit in the annual Christmas Parade.

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The glare of emergency vehicle lights turns the JROTC Color Guard red as they open the annual Christmas Parade on Saturday.

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The GEO Group's card depicts a guitar-playing Santa and they 12 Days of Christmas sheet music.

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With a parrot (not quite a partridge) and some French hens, this float is making the best of the 12 Days of Christmas, this year's parade theme.

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Santa rides on a DeSoto Fire Rescue fire engine to bring up the rear of the Arcadia Christas Parade.

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Bright and colorful, this float is reindeer-driven.

PHOTO BY JOHN BLACK

DeSoto County Commissioner Bob Miller hugs Jackie Tucker before the start of the annual Christmas Parade Saturday in downtown Arcadia.

PHOTO BY JOHN BLACK

DeSoto Memorial Hospital's Christmas Parade entry enacted each of the 12 Days of Christmas -- here, Eight Maids A-Milking.

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Bright and colorful, this float is reindeer-driven.

PHOTO BY JOHN BLACK

DeSoto School Superintendent Karyn Gary and her husband, Lockie, ride in a golf cart along West Oak Street in the amnual Christmas Parade.

PHOTO BY JOHN BLACK

Girl Scouts in felt antlers ride along the Christmas Parade route Saturday.

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A horse dressed up in antlers and festooned with Christmas lights is escorted by a bevvy of pretty girls in red velvet Santa outfits.

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The Imagination Station float is brightly lit as it makes its way down Oak Street.

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A Nativity scene rides atop a converted Volkswagen Beetle in Arcadia's Christmas Parade.

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Young dancers ride on a float that looks like a magical forest or a scene from the Nutcracker in Arcadia's Christmas Parade.

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ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN
The 4-H Christmas Card won "Most Unique" for depicting the 12 Days of Christmas with symbols of the many 4-H clubs in DeSoto County.

ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN
DeSoto County High School's card won for "Best Use of Theme by depicting the 12 Days of Christmas in Florida, from one bald eagle to 12 endangered panthers.

ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN
One entry depicts the 12 Cowboy Days of Christmas, including 8 Mooing Cows and 3 Big Tractors.

ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN
One card depicts 12 ways to give to the Relay for Life being held March 23-24.

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Of course, every parade has decorated golf carts but not every cart has a decorated Bulldog!