The fourth Urbanna Pet and Children’s Christmas Parade is set for 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, (rain date is Dec. 11). It will start at Taber Park at the corner of Rappahannock Avenue and Bonner Street.
It’s mostly for Yule-costumed dogs, but some years miniature horses have participated. There is no charge to participate.
Prizes will be awarded for various categories, including Most Beautiful, Cutest, Smallest and Largest. A dog trick class is being offered as part of the fun. The Middlesex County Kiwanis Club is the sponsor.
Santa is expected to make an in-person appearance in the parade and visit with children in the park after the parade.
For information, call Parade Chairman Nancy Fisk at 508-612-9553.
Other Middlesex County Christmas-themed events this Saturday include:
- Love4Kids Foundation’s Santa visit — Children are invited to attend Love4Kids Foundation’s Santa visit, 10 a.m.-noon and 12:30-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4 at Middlesex County Sports Complex in Locust Hill. For information, visit https://love4kidsfoundation.wixsite.com/nonprofit or email love4kidsfoundation@gmail.org.
- Caroling and lighting of Christmas trees — There will be caroling and lighting of Christmas trees, 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3 at the Urbanna “Town Green,” the Virginia Street vacant lot on the east side of the post office. For information or to sponsor a tree, call Festival of Trees Chairman Sandra Rudy at 804-837-1108.
- Urbanna Hometown Christmas Parade — The 25th Urbanna Hometown Christmas Parade is set for 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3. It will go on even if it rains. It forms an hour before parade start time in parking lot near the firehouse, goes east on Virginia Street, north on Cross Street, west on Marston Street, south on Rappahannock Avenue, west on Bonner Street, and south on Grace Avenue back to firehouse. For information, call Parade Chairman Lois Jean Brooks at 804-758-4717 or 804-832-4851.
