Lindale, Cave Spring kick off the holiday season
Above: Cameron White, 4, and his cousins Tanner Alexander and Tatum Alexander call out to Santa Claus, who walked the Cave Spring Christmas Parade on Saturday night and heard how good the children have been. Right: Santa Claus waves from a vintage fire engine during the Lindale Christmas Parade on Saturday, leading up to the community’s arts and crafts festival and annual lighting of the Star Between The Stacks of the old mill. See full stories on the Cave Spring and Lindale Christmas parades on
Good food, cute crafts and Christmas fun was in great supply around Lindale Saturday as hundreds came out to the Christmas in Lindale festival and parade.
Booths lining Park Avenue featured wood crafts, homemade jewelry and festive Tshirts for people to browse and buy.
There was also plenty to eat, including hot dogs, burgers, BBQ from Sharpe’s Southern Smokeshack of Cartersville, homemade pies, cotton candy and fried oreos.
Kailey Treglown at the UpDog Candle booth said it was great getting out and having some festive fun in the community. Treglown runs the marketing for the small candle company, which is owned by her brother Hunter Treglown and his wife Lainey Treglown.
Starting at 3 p. m., the Pepperell High School marching band and JROTC led the parade down Dragon Drive and South First
Street in a grand opener.
Parade goers got the chance to see vintage cars from the Old School Cruisers Car Club, the Grinch throwing out candy from the Restoration Lindale float, Boy Scout Pack 81 and, finally, Santa Claus in a vintage fire engine.
Frankie Starling, a 6- yearold from Pepperell Primary School, said his favorite part was getting candy from the floats and seeing Santa. He hopes to get a Nintendo Switch for Christmas.
His grandmother Rita Starling said the parade was “a breath of fresh air”
and the greatest they’ve seen in a long time.
“It’s good to get out and do something normal for once,” she said.
The festival ended with the annual lighting of the Christmas Star between the smokestacks of the old Lindale Mill.