The Amherstview Lions Club Santa Claus Parade pushed through snow, ice pellets and freezing rain on Sunday for a small but spirited crowd.

The colder temperature and face-stinging precipitation couldn’t deter the many floats and waving fans standing and sitting curbside for the annual tradition.

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The Loyalist Township Fire Department (LTFD) led the parade as it rolled down Manitou Crescent at around 1:20 p.m.

Keli Grant, a firefighter, had the day off from the LTFD to take his family to the parade. His two children, Oakley and Navy, and grandma, Melody Grant, huddled in a kids’ wagon with blankets curbside, waiting for the jolly man in the red suit to arrive.

Melody Grant said it is a long-standing tradition to watch the parade but said it was a week late this year.

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