Dear Editor:
A blustery Saturday Dec. 5 morning witnessed a bee hive of intense activity at the A.O. Smith employees parking lot, as participants in the 2025 Fergus Santa Claus parade busily assembled and decorated their floats in time for the 1:30pm start.
There were 48 entries in this year’s parade, and all were anxious to get going. One participant described the activity as “organized chaos,” but everything settled into place and the parade began on time.
As usual, the Colour Party from Branch 275 Royal Canadian Legion led the parade. CW Food Bank was on hand to collect donations, and the Fergus Postal Workers were in the lead off group to collect letters to Santa – 150 letters were collected.
During the parade, Barb Evoy and Peter Mohr did a real time presentation on the Elora-Fergus Pod-cast. It was a successful parade, with a mounted unit leading the Fergus Brass Band and finally Santa.
We, the organizers, would like to thank the management of A.O. Smith for allowing the parade to use their parking lot once again. Also thanks to CW Roads Dept. for supplying the barricades along the route.
Thanks also go out to our sponsors – Ron Wilkin Jewelers; Baker Tilly; and Graham Giddy Funeral Home – for your generous support.
And finally, our thanks to you, the people of Fergus, for coming out to enjoy the parade.
Brian Martin,
Parade marshal, Fergus