The town of Smithville was the scene of a yuletide celebration Saturday afternoon.
Hundreds lined the downtown streets for the annual Smithville Christmas Parade.
As always, the parade featured floats, vintage automobiles, motorcycles, local kings and queens, scouts, horseback riders, the DeKalb County High School Fighting Tiger Band, among many other entries. Of course, the highlight of the parade was the appearance of Santa Claus who rode into town on a fire engine tossing candy left and right to everyone along the parade route.
The Grand Marshal of the Smithville parade was the DeKalb County High School Football team. This year’s squad finished the season 9-3 and notched the school’s first ever state football playoff victory.
The Liberty United Methodist Church won first place in the float competition.
The Smithville Church of God took second place for their float and Girl Scout Troop #343 received third place.
The Spirit Award, presented by the Smithville Business and Professional Women’s Club, went to Wal-mart for their float.
The Smithville Parade is sponsored each year by the Smithville Volunteer Fire Department.
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