santa claus parade

My visit in Montreal coincided with their Santa Claus Parade, which I was excited to go see. Even the cold Canadian morning weather could not freeze my excitement. And how could it? My first glimpse of the parade was the float with... unicorns! (Did I ever mention I was a big unicorn girl in grade school?) Anyway, the parade was the perfect harbinger of my holiday cheer. And now, I want to do a book about a Santa Claus parade. It was such fun to see children's book characters like Alice, come to life,



a walking Christmas dinner,


oompa-loompa-ish ornaments,


and, of course, Santa!


Anyway, if I don't make a book about a parade, someday I would like to be in one. What do you say--a Blue Rose Girls parade? I'd be happy to be the one to throw the blue roses from the unicorn.