So trying ahead to Christmas!
Some of us had been chomping on the bit to get their Christmas decor out earlier than Thanksgiving. As quickly because the Thanksgiving desk was cleared and earlier than the leftovers had been reheated, various of us had their lights up and flipped the swap.
Ponchatoula has glowed brightly on current nights even earlier than the annual official lighting ceremony, and I used to be not mistaken in considering this Friday was the date scheduled.
Nonetheless, of us on the Ponchatoula Chamber of Commerce inform me the date is modified from this Friday to subsequent. The lights proceed to glow at evening, however the official lighting ceremony and “Sitting with Santa” on the Collinswood Museum porch is not going to happen till Dec. 10.
What’s extra, the time of the Ponchatoula Christmas parade on Dec. 11 has been modified from 5 p.m. to 10 a.m.
Why the last-minute modifications? The reason being simply as thrilling because the festivities: Highschool soccer playoffs.
The Inexperienced Wave is on a mighty roll, taking down opponent after opponent by extensive margins – the closest rating a 37-21 win over Mandeville.
We will count on the Wave (11-0) to pound Acadiana (11-2) this Friday at 7 p.m., and hometown spirit dictates that the glow within the Swamp will outshine the glow Downtown, so the lighting ceremony was pushed again.
And it’s a matter of Ponchatoula satisfaction that the crew can be within the Christmas parade on Dec. 11 so, naturally in consideration of the looming state championship sport on Dec. 11, the parade time needed to be moved up.
In the meantime, a associated state of affairs is going on in Amite, the place the Warriors (10-2) can be at residence this Friday for the playoff sport towards Jonesboro-Hodge (11-2), and the Amite Christmas parade can be set for Dec. 11 at 10 a.m.
It’s a long-standing courtesy and signal of help that the chambers of commerce within the municipalities of Tangipahoa Parish attempt to not have related occasions on the identical instances. The timing and scheduling of the 2 parades this yr was unexpected.
It’s my understanding that, on studying about their parade time change the opposite day, Ponchatoula Chamber staffers referred to as each single entry of their parade, defined the state of affairs and guaranteed them it will be comprehensible in the event that they determined to honor their dedication to be within the Amite parade as a substitute of Ponchatoula’s.
“None of us wish to have a conflicting parade date,” Billie Jo Laird instructed me, “however this was a last-minute change and the mayor requested us to do it.”
Along with the parades on Dec. 11, Amite can have its Vacation Sales space popups at Coach Catha Park beginning at 8 a.m. and concluding with the Store Amite / Dine Amite drawing at 4 p.m. Name 985-748-5537 or 985-517-0808 for extra info. And it will likely be Election Day for the Amite-area hospital district tax proposition all day till 8 p.m.
It’s great to have so many nice native occasions – and nice groups – to help! Geaux, Inexperienced Wave! Geaux, Warriors!
