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Speaker 1: While it did literally rain on the parade, the holiday

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Speaker 1: spirit was alive as families packed the streets to watch

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Speaker 1: all sorts of floats, marching bands, and more at the

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Speaker 1: seventy second annual Quincy Christmas Parade. Families in the city

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Speaker 1: have been coming to the parade for generations. I asked

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Speaker 1: folks what their favorite parts are and what keeps them

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Speaker 1: coming back year after year.

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Speaker 2: She loves seeing Santa come in on the fire truck.

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Speaker 2: That's definitely the highlight at the end.

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Speaker 3: I like seeing all the bands, the cheerleaders. I think

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Speaker 3: it's just a really nice way to start the holiday season.

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Speaker 3: And it's a fun parade that brings out like floats

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Speaker 3: and bands and people and just a great way to

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Speaker 3: celebrate get the holiday season started.

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Speaker 1: There's been no shortage of fanfare and Quincy this year

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Speaker 1: as the city celebrates its four hundredth birthday, and people

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Speaker 1: here love capping it all off with some holiday spirit.

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Speaker 3: The city this year has done so much to celebrate

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Speaker 3: four hundred years. Not too many cities get to do that,

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Speaker 3: and yeah, this is a great way to really capstone

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Speaker 3: this wonderful celebration of our nation's history.

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Speaker 1: From Quincy, Kyle RAWBZ, Boston's new use radio,