See, no one does this. Even the Mexicans don't do it. Folks, this is just lame. Lame, lame, lame. As lame as believing Will Smith can pilot alien spacecraft, or that Jeff Goldblum can act, or that Bill Pullman is smart enough to be president.
Parades are always the same.
And you get a whole lot of public officials, waving cheerily. They even took out the best reason to attend the parade, which is of course the throwing of candy to the minions. I don't go anymore, and I can buy my OWN damn Smarties, thank you. The 5K run. Okay, I realize I'm going to get a lot of flak for this, but bear with me.