27th Annual Lake Area Christmas Parade

The Christmas spirit was alive and well in parade participants and spectators alike at the 27th Annual Lake Area Christmas Parade held Dec.10 along the Bagnell Dam Strip. The Christmas parade, which is one of the largest and oldest holiday parades in the Lake of the Ozarks, featured a variety of floats and participants followed by the grand marshals including School of the Osage High School Marching Band, Lake of the Ozarks Shriners organization, Lake of the Ozarks Corvette Club, police vehicles, fire department trucks, business floats and other civic organizations. Santa and Mrs. Claus and their elves arrived in style in a beautiful red sleigh attached to a pack of reindeer. After the parade, Santa parked his sleigh in front of The White House. Children and families brought their cameras so they could take pictures with the jolly fellow.

Santa, in this beautiful red sleigh, delighted children with goodies as he strolled down the ...

School of the Osage Upper Elementary students Allyson Cline, Courtney Culbertson, Katie Priest and Alexis ...

Many parade-goers came out Saturday afternoon to support and hear the delightful holiday tunes of ...

Miss Lake of the Ozarks Outstanding Teen 2012 Savannah Moore tosses treats out to the ...

Miss Teen Miller County 2011 Kirsten Kliethermes greeted spectators of the parade and tossed treats ...

Young parade-goers scramble to pick up candy and wave to floats as they pass by. ...

The Bagnell Dam Strip was lined-up with hundreds of parade-goers of all ages Saturday afternoon ...

The School of the Osage High School Marching Band played holiday spirited instruments during the ...

City of Lake Ozark officials and their families wave and greet onlookers of the parade.

Parade participants from The Church at Osage Hills donned roman attire for the event.

More than 50 floats, including a line-up of antique tractors, strolled down the Bagnell Dam ...

After the parade, children and families visited The White House on the Bagnell Dam Strip ...

This year, the grand marshals of the parade, Retha Wilson and Pat Thurston, were also ...

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