Palm Springs Christmas Lights Parade

Oh double triple quadruple jacaranda grafton-esque happy days - it is the palm springs christmas lights parade. we delayed jetting off to vegas to be in town for the parade, and one MILLION percent worth it - best. christmas. parade EVER. Myers could certainly take a leaf or two from their book.

So many highlights - here are my top ten ...

1. EVERY council vehicle in town seems to be in the parade covered in fairy lights - this includes a police car, and ambulance, a bulldozer, the blood bank volkswagen, THE RUBBISH TRUCK (with bin men)and a dump truck.(which won some kind of AWARD that looked like a cricket trophy and had to be carried in front of the dump truck by TWO boy scouts)

2. "Miss Christmas Lights" headed off the parade in a celebrity vehicle - she wore a lowcut ballgown, a sash and a tiara - and fairy lights - and she must have been 75 years old - HUGE APPLAUSE - FABULOUS

3. She was followed by the SPECIAL CELEBRITY GUEST - someone who came second on project runway (crickets chirping / tumbleweeds rolling by)

4. one float consisted of three troubled teens on their skateboards - one fell off right in front of me - he did the best "I meant that" look ever before limping away dripping with blood.

5. Suggestion no # 1 = the blah blah calisthenics club for awkwardly aged girls definately needs to ban beige leotards.

6. Suggestion no# 2 = the blah blah cheerleaders should not flip a girl in the air and then RUN AWAY - even if you do run away in a lovely formation(ouch)

7. I have never seen so many crashes / injuries / or falls in one parade - partucularly awkward when santa is in the only ambulance and covered in fairy lights.

8. It should be a rule that EVERY christmas parade MUST have the local sewerage company represented (to the tune of rockin' around the christmas tree - even though i SWEAR i heard rockin around the christmas PEE)I also enjoyed the fairy light covered exterminator truck

9. Do not send three boy scouts and two nanas in safety vests to control a crowd of five thousand.

10.Santa appeared slightly drunk.

Happy holidays palm springs - your sister city Grafton would be proud.