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Santa Claus waves while a mob of children wait for a Christmas parade in this Lima Citizen photo from the day after Thanksgiving in 1961. “Spectators lined up at least four deep on sidewalks from Pierce Street east on Market Street to the Public Square, and on North Elizabeth Street to North Street, plus the thousands on Main Street,” the Citizen wrote. The newspaper estimated 50,000 people watched the parade.