PHOTOS: Parades ring in the holiday season
Butler’s Spirit of Christmas Parade
Holly Gitzenis is pushed by her sister as they march with Peoples Gas during the Spirit of Christmas Parade in downtown Butler on Saturday, Nov. 26. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Big Butler Fair queen winners wave to the crowd during the Spirit of Christmas Parade in downtown Butler on Saturday, Nov. 26. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Clear Choice Enterprises had a winter wonderland float during the Spirit of Christmas Parade in Downtown Butler on Saturday, Nov. 26. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
The Butler High School marching band performs during the Spirit of Christmas Parade in downtown Butler on Saturday, Nov. 26. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Sirkus Days performer Josh Medina spits fire out during the Spirit of Christmas Parade in Downtown Butler on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Sirkus Days performer Josh Medina spits fire during the Spirit of Christmas Parade in downtown Butler on Saturday, Nov. 26. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Santa greets the crowd during the Spirit of Christmas Parade in downtown Butler on Saturday, Nov. 26. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Saxonburg’s Holiday Parade
Eloise Leonard, 4, from Fennelton, waves to Santa during the Saxonburg Holiday Parade on Friday, Nov. 25. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Knoch High School majorettes march during the Saxonburg Holiday Parade on Friday, Nov. 25. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Knoch High School majorettes march during the Saxonburg Holiday Parade on Friday, Nov. 25. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Terry Moor, dressed as the grinch, waves the crowd as he rides on the Saxonburg Area Rotary Club trolley during the Saxonburg Holiday Parade on Friday, Nov. 25. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Tracey Neff and her daughter Sydney, 8, from Saxonburg wave to Santa during the Saxonburg Holiday Parade on Friday, Nov. 25. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Santa waves to everyone during the Saxonburg Holiday Parade on Friday, Nov. 25. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Errie Acres Farm Haunted house float during the Saxonburg Holiday Parade on Friday, Nov. 25. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Children wave to Santa during the Saxonburg Holiday Parade on Friday, Nov. 25. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Kids watch on as Saxonburg fire truck goes down main street during the Saxonburg Holiday Parade on Friday, Nov. 25. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Chicora’s Light-Up Night and Parade
Reilly Martin sings “White Christmas” at Chicora Light-Up Night at the Chicora Volunteer Fire Department on Sunday, Nov. 27. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Bria Callender joins the other children from Chicora United Methodist church in singing “Hush! There’s a Baby” at Chicora Light-Up Night at the Chicora Volunteer Fire Department on Sunday, Nov. 27. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Maria Enjuto Pena plays the castanets at Chicora Light-Up Night at the Chicora Volunteer Fire Department on Sunday, Nov. 27. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Spirit of Community award winner Ron Huff accepts his award at Chicora Light-Up Night at the Chicora Volunteer Fire Department on Sunday, Nov. 27. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Dennis “Radish” Schweinsburg gets his caricature drawn at Chicora Light-Up Night at the Chicora Volunteer Fire Department on Sunday, Nov. 27. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Brady Hershberger, 6, of Chicora, hits the switch to light the tree at Chicora Light-Up Night at the Chicora Volunteer Fire Department on Sunday, Nov. 27. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Chicora first-graders perform “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” during Chicora Light-Up Night at the Chicora Volunteer Fire Department on Sunday, Nov. 27. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Madelynn McDonald, 5, from Chicora, makes a craft at Chicora Light-Up Night at the Chicora Volunteer Fire Department on Sunday, Nov. 27. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
