CRESTVIEW — The Main Street Crestview Association and city's Christmas Parade rolled downtown on Saturday.
Here's what our Facebook fans had to say about it:
•Shalotta Denmon: "As new residents of Crestview, we were very impressed with the parade."
•Beth Brinker Olney: "I think Santa coming five minutes after the rest of the floats was sad; a lot of people around us left thinking there was no Santa in the parade. The rest was great! Really enjoyed it."
•Erin Gygi Waters: "I think more adults could have stepped back and let the kids enjoy more along the rail … I witnessed a bunch of adults catching stuff before kids."
•Kenneth Pratt: "The new rule for tossing candy was to toss it towards the street; a lot of (parade participants) threw it in the air." Still, he said, "It was a great parade."
The parade participant contest's winners are as follows.
Commercial/Government/Individual
•First Place: Crestview Wholesale
•Second Place: SpeeDee Printing/Lou Lou Beans
Church/Religious Group: First Place (tie): Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church and New Beginnings Baptist Church
Civic/School/Youth Group
•First Place: Knights of Columbus Assembly 2789 and Council 7968
•Second Place (tie): 4-H The Roundup & 4H Country Club; and Crestview Elks Lodge 2624
Window decorating contest
•Large window: Forever Victorian Antique Mall
•Small window: LPL Financial
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: 'VERY IMPRESSED': Christmas Parade attracts thousands to Main Street