Santa Claus heads down Front Street Saturday during the Merry-Etta Christmas Parade. (Photo by Douglass Huxley)

The Marietta Fire Department’s Pump 1 truck makes its way down Front Street during the Merry-Etta Christmas Parade Saturday. (Photo by Douglass Huxley)

The Caldwell Redi-Mix Concrete truck lit up Front Street Saturday during the Merry-Etta Christmas Parade. (Photo by Douglass Huxley)

Members of the Twin Rivers Baptist Church in Whipple wave to those in attendance during the Merry-Etta Christmas Parade Saturday. (Photo by Douglass Huxley)

Westfall Towing and Recovery truck moves through Front Street Saturday during the Merry-Etta Christmas Parade. (Photo by Douglass Huxley)

People braved the cold and bundled up as they lined the street outside the Lafayette Hotel ahead of the Merry-Etta Christmas Parade Saturday. (Photo by Douglass Huxley)