We had to march perfectly. So you had to try to avoid the horse manure. – Blair Paterson

Mary-Anne Bjorkman and Cathy Meloche recount their favourite parts of the Christmas Parade and Tree-Lighting in Essex

What most people are blown away by are these like mammoth pumpkins that are on hay wagon floats going through town. – Jennifer Lyons

What most people are blown away by are these like mammoth pumpkins that are on hay wagon floats going through town. – Jennifer Lyons

It was ride your horse around the ring. His name was Puddle Duck. – Isabelle Males