Article: Recent storm, chilly temperatures don't dampen Christmas parade.

Byline: Jesse Fray

Dec. 3--One of the event's largest crowds braved chilly temperatures for the 14th annual Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade on Saturday, organizers said. Hundreds of horses trotted down Massachusetts Street between Seventh and 12th streets, many pulling carriages and wagons from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some horses had bows tied to their manes; others were clad in bells that jingled with every move. Outriders, wearing old-style country wear, helped keep the horses in order. "It's the nicest parade I've ever been to," said Newt Dodge, of Cedar Point, who steered two horses pulling an 1880s Newton Chuck Wagon. "It ...

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