TWIN FALLS, Idaho — The Twin Falls Festival of Lights kicked off the holiday season on Friday, with a parade featuring 70 floats, and the annual lighting of the community Christmas tree. After a week of frigid arctic weather, the temperature warmed up to above freezing for much of the night, but a snow squall blew in towards the end of the parade, dropping heavy wet snow on the parade-goers.
Each year Twin Falls brings in a live tree to decorate and festoon with lights. Once the holidays are over, the tree gets planted in one of the city parks.
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(Below is the transcript from the broadcast story)
Natural Sounds
Lorien: “What’s been your favorite things so far tonight?”
Child: “Seeing Santa clause”
Lorien: “Oh yeah, you sw him right at the beginning. How was that?”
Child: “It was awesome”
Temperature warmed up a bit, it was a little bit breezy, but it’s not the arctic frigid temperatures we had earlier in the week. A lot of people out tonight enjoying a lot of big floats, we’ve got Bob the Builder riding Caterpillar. Excuse me, it’s a John Deer, not a caterpillar.
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Lorien: “Where are you from?”
Tom: “I’m from Germany”
Lorien: “Do you have holiday parades like t his in Germany?”
Tom: “Yeah, we have this too there, but they’re not that big, but this here is really cool.”
Lorien: “What’s your favorite thing so far?”
Tom: “Like all the Christmas trees and lights are really cool.”
Lorien: “Have you gotten any candy yet?”
Tom: “No I didn’t get any candy”
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Lorien: “Hey, what do you guys like about the parade so far tonight”
Man: “Honestly the beautiful lights, it’s really nice out here, just good vibes, everybody’s happy and enjoyable.”
Lorien: “What do you thiknk“
Woman: “Its really nice I like the lights its giving Christmas vibes”
