Santa didn’t let a little rain keep him from showing up on a Scenic City Saturday night.

It didn’t stop crowds from gathering along 2nd Avenue East either, to watch the 80th Kiwanis Santa Claus Parade.

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It rained from about the half-way mark of the parade and straight through 7 p.m., when a quick countdown heralded the switching on of the Festival of Northern Lights, the colourful Christmas displays on either side of the Sydenham River and in Harrison Park.

The umbrellas came out but the spirit of Christmas was found in kids’ excited chatter and freely offered wishes of a merry Christmas, in smiles and the contentment felt when repeatedly handed candy by Santa’s helpers along the route.

“Owen Sound showed up. Rain or shine, Owen Sound showed up,” Shalana Escario said

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