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Vermillion Standstill Parade of Lights
Since 2015, Vermillion has been celebrating Christmas with a special tradition.
The city’s Standstill Parade of Lights takes on its ninth year this winter, inverting the traditional parade style to put on the Vermillion Area Chamber & Development Company’s best attended event of the year. “When the parade begins, the streetlights go out and downtown Vermillion is illuminated entirely by lights from all of our floats,” said Miles Amende , communications and tourism manager for the Chamber. Rather than having the floats progress down the street, they stand still in the middle of it, allowing parade-goers to explore at their own pace. “It helps a lot with keeping warm at the event, because instead of sitting on a street corner watching floats pass by while freezing, you get to move around,” notes Amende.
Written by Greta Smith + Photos by John Snyder
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