HIGHLIGHT: DELAWARE
Claymont: Delaware tends to embrace the offbeat and the quirky. And this year marks a particularly wacky, yet endearing chapter in Dela-Weird history: It’s the 25th anniversary of the Claymont Christmas Weed. For more than two decades, local residents have been decorating a “weed” with holiday ornaments on Philadelphia Pike. There’s even a well-attended Christmas parade, started in 1998, built around the tradition. And a song. The parade steps off at 10 a.m. Saturday. Organizer Barbara Harbin expects four to five marching bands, cheerleaders, dogs from Faithful Friends, fancy cars, fire trucks and, of course, Santa Claus.