Faces in a Christmas Parade, Leiper’s Fork, TN

My place along the parade route wasn’t perfect, behind some lawn chairs and people, on the wrong side of the route. I just couldn’t get a full frame photo of a float, wagon, marching band or even sleigh. Then it hit me, focus on the faces. In them would be crowd expectation, participant excitement, friends recognizing friends, and more. And there would be Santa Claus near the end of the parade. He is near the end of almost all Christmas Parades. He is really the star of the entire procession. But there is so much see before he even shows. Then, I thought about the Shepherds at the birth of Jesus. Did they have smiles? Did they even know what their expectations were? Were there any surprises? That is a parade. Expectation. Excitement. Emotion. 

I’ve been to a Leiper’s Fork Christmas Parade before. I knew what to expect. Revisit them If you like:

December 26, 2012 – Nothing Like a Leiper’s Fork Parade (http://followinglee.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-parade-they-are-about-special-people.html)

 December20, 2013 – A Leiper’s Fork Christmas Parade with a Squeal (http://followinglee.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-leipers-fork-christmas-parade-with.html)

 or December 16, 2016 – Leiper’s Fork Does a Christmas Parade Like No One Else (http://followinglee.blogspot.com/2016/12/leipers-fork-does-christmas-parade-like.html)

 From these past posts you will see some old friends and faces.

Now, enjoy this post.

 Scripture:

God’s sign to you will be a son, born of a virgin. Isaiah 7.14

And there were shepherds living out in the field nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.  …The Shepherds said to one another, ‘Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this things that has happened. And so they hurried off.” Luke 2.8-18