Here in Portage, MI we didn't have a Christmas parade (they do have one up in Kalamazoo, though!). However, the first Saturday of December every year, we have our tree lighting ceremony. It's great - there's an essay reading from kids in the Portage school district, a choir from one of the high schools singing Christmas songs, and then the countdown and lighting of the tree. After that, there's a big festival down at the historic Celery Flats park, with cookies and milk, hot cider and hot cocoa, Santa & Mrs. Claus, a petting zoo, and a bunch of other fun activities for kids. Small towns for the Holidays are the best. :)

I'm from Nova Scotia Canada and we do have Christmas parades.. I love the Christmas parades..especially our parade of lights.

I live in California, so many towns big and small have Christmas parades. I used to love going to them.

Yes we have parades for Christmas in upper NY. I live 30 minutes from the 1000 islands and Canada. Several happen in the area. Watertown had one last Friday. Coats are the way.😊

Congratulations Jacob! Fellow diabetic here! I agree to eat what works for you because that’s what I do. I was diagnosed in 2006 and I struggled for so many years but in October 2022 till now my A1C has gone from 13 down to 6.7 work in progress. I thank Dexcom arm meter for the help as well. Continue your good journey❤️ I’m from Waco, Texas and they have a Christmas Winter Wonderland every year with a parade and make shift ice rink 😂 Since I moved to a larger City the parades have gotten more commercial!

Well in the Netherlands we dont have a christmas parade since we celebrate sinterklaas, aka the person santa was based on. Every town has like a parade where he enters the town with his helpers. Its quite fun, because they always make it a spectacle having a story about things going wrong which end up getting resolved in the end.

Live from the North. More specifically Camden County, NJ, directly east of Philadelphia. MANY of the surrounding towns have Christmas parades. Many also have a special event where Santa rides atop an ultra lit up hook and ladder fire truck. Over several nights he visits EVERY SINGLE neighborhood playing holiday music and waving to everyone. Even as Senior Citizens, my wife and I get super excited to stand outside in the cold to wave back to Santa!

Kennesaw GA has a great Christmas parade with Santa and the mayor. ❤

A town full of Grinches 😮

Jacob, I'm diabetic as well and have been for a long time. It's not easy an easy thing, I know. One of the good things you do is a lot of walking. That's a plus for diabetics. I'm so glad you have improved and done well with your blood sugar levels and diabetes. Congrats on your achievements and stay well. It's worth it.

Great parade. No parade here in Lomita, CA but they have a sleigh truck with Santa Claus that goes around the week of Christmas.

Hi Jacob, yes they have a Christmas Parade in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. But I can't go anymore because I can't deal with the cold weather. The parade was this last Saturday. Congratulations on the good news 👏 for your check up.

We have a Christmas Parade in the town in England where I live

I love when these small towns have their Christmas parades. They go out of their way to put on a parade to make a lot of kids and parents love the holidays. Hope that your diabetes goes on the down-low Jacob!

I am from Tulsa but now live in Nowata Oklahoma and we went to Bartlesville Christmas Parade, my boyfriend's beautiful daughter is in the band and plays the trumpet and they have an amazing parade every year. Highly recommend!

Im from Duluth, MN and we have the Christmas city of the north parade. It should have been canceled many times due to extreme weather but there was one year I thought I would die from exposure. I was in band😮35 years ago 😅. Now they have a beautiful light event in the bay called Bentleyville. Maybe the parade is still a thing too.

As a certified trainer, nutritionist and nutrient timing I am proud of you for your choices and you are doing it right. You'll probably be off almost all medications related to the issues you've mentioned. Great job. Your body is always trying to stay the same, physically and metabolically. Your "cheats" are beneficial for many reasons.

*"Heavens, They're Multiplying"*

Love this!!! Im from Murphy, just a few small towns over from you, we had a similar parade this past Sunday! Dunno if you're interested, but Cherokee has their parade the 9th at 1800, and Robbinsville the same day and time. Thank you so much for covering our small western NC towns as much as you do!!!!

Waynesville apparently has an abundance of Grinches. That was fun. :)

The mail was so relatable. Wife and I were cackling. Enjoying these around-the-house, around town vlogs. Nice to see you taking it easy a bit after such a killer year of content!

I’m Canadian everywhere I have lived had a Santa Claus parade. It could be minus 20c and we all stand outside and watch.

I'm from Juneau WI. But grew up in Oconomowoc WI The Waukesha Christmas parade was a tradition for my family when I was growing up. But then a stupid man ruined it for us, but there is still a very nice parade in Oconomowoc that I attend now. Christmas parades are very common in and around our state of WI. Love your channel and pray that you are truly blessed in 2024 and have a Merry Christmas 🎅

Hey Jacob, I can totally relate to what your saying! I traveled for 5 years straight, living out of a suitcase and motels. It's just so convenient to grab something quick and your typically not gonna cook in the motel room. I'm assuming your type II and probably on Metformin as I am. I commend you on all that you've achieved. I was introduced to you through Adam the Woo, whom I've watched for 2 years now. I really have enjoyed most of your videos. The state fairs were really cool! I will continue to watch. Thanks for sharing yours and Jenn's life with us. I know you guys will be even happier now since the move. I'm not far from you, a little town called Salisbury. You may have visited here, Adam did a while back. Cheerwine and Food Lion town! God Bless both of you and I wish you many many happy years together! Take Care!

Your small town of Waynesville is a blast from the past!!!; It is charming, quaint, eclectic, and hearkens me back to the small towns around Detroit like that I was lucky enough to live in throughout my youth!!!!

I was in a parade and there was a lot of grinches but i loved it

I live in East Tennessee, about 2 hrs from pigeon forge, and we absolutely do parades, at least 2 per year. 1 for Christmas 1 for homecoming.

Cracking up at you pitching all your mail in the trash! 🤣🤣🤣

I love our small town Parade in Boerne Texas . We just had ours this past weekend .

I'm glad to hear you got good news from your doctor.

I’m from DeSoto County, Mississippi…about 10 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee. My town had our Christmas parade a couple of days ago.

Good Morning Jacob and Jennifer 🙋🏽. Have a wonderful day ‼️💗

I live in Kershaw, SC and yes we have a town Christmas parade! Next town over, Lugoff, SC, near Camden, has a large parade too!!

We have a parade here in Michigan the day after Thanksgiving. Last year it was very comfortable and warm at about 50°. This year it was freezing and about 27°.

I’m really glad to hear your health news, Jacob. We definitely want you around!

We have our Christmas parade Thursday December 7th me and my wife goes every time here in Lakeland Florida

Many of the small towns around me had there Christmas Parade and tree lighting last weekend.It was to cold and wet for my old bones to be out there. Hope Jenn is feeling better soon.

Small town parades are some of the best

Very entertaining pointing out the many Grinches. I'm surprised that not more churches were in the parade. Church floats have some of the coolest music. Speaking of too many...., you and Jenn will have to figure out what kind of merchandise you will fill the house with. It looks like you have a lot of wall space to put up wall displays with shelves, posters, artwork, etc.

Love the animal costumes

I absolutely love love love your kitchen!!!! That blue is fantastic!!!😊

I live in San Antonio Texas and we have the Holiday River Parade every year on the Riverwalk.. they decorate the barges and we have the trees lit up every year, it's beautiful time of the year to be down there. The parade is usually available to stream on the Internet or you tube 👍

Kudos to your KZfaq Channel, Jacob! 👍👍👍👍 I reside here in Weirton, WV and I'm a lifelong resident. Here in Weirton, WV we have a Christmas parade in December. We have our town's parade in the evening after dark.

Your ride vehicle is definitely an Eli Bridge Scrambler. I love it!

Yes, we do have Christmas parades in our county in the Florida Panhandle.

We have a Christmas parade every year in Lowell Indiana

There is a great small town one in Green Cove Springs, Clay County, Florida, the first Saturday of December. When my daughter was growing up we would go to that one.

Love the night time Christmas parades I'm from Hamilton we have a daytime one end. I would also like to say you doing a great job on your health Jacob. I wish I could say the same take care of my friend.

Green Bay, WI. Where it’s cold and we have plenty of Christmas parades in the state. My kid loves them and seeing Santa at the end.

Hi Jacob. I am from Cefn St Asaph. North Wales GB. We don’t have Christmas parades, so it’s lovely of you to take me with you to see one. ❤️

I’m glad to hear you are taking better care of yourself! Now you have someone that will help you with that!❤ I’m sorry Jenn isn’t feeling well, I hope she gets better soon.

Sedalia Misouri- yes we have Christmas parades here. Memphis Tennessee does as well. ❤

Hey carpetbagger i live only an hour and 47 minutes from you. We recently had our christmas parade not to long ago. We also have a winter holiday tradition every year where our downtown area is lit up and several backdrops for holiday photos

I have to give you props .it's work keeping a channel going I have seen alot of channels that have stop.

My small town does a lighted Christmas parade every year. I live in spitting distance from Canada in Washington state. I love to go and watch the kids getting excited.

In Florida, every little town has had a holiday parade for as long as I recall. For a short time my town had some trouble with some rambunctious local little leaguers riding on the floats who were to "toss" candy to the spectators Mardi Gras style, but instead of an using an underhand toss, some kids started rifling their starlight mints and peppermint bonbons straight to the audience, you know, because they're little kids and can't toss light candy very far. Someone complained to the town council about getting beaned in the head by a candy cane and for a while we had walking elves that handed out the candy as the parade passed by... I don't go anymore to the parade now that the kids are grown, but you can sure hear it because every cop car, motorcycle, fire truck and antique car compete to blast their horns and sirens as loud as possible.

Absolutely loved seeing the Waynesville Christmas Parade! I give it a 9-Grinch rating! ❤

Before my older brother joined the Military and became an MP back in 2004 he used to be volunteer a Firefighter and he also worked with Paramedics and because of where he was firefighter he could be apart of all of the Parades in the town we used to live in and because of that i actually got to join a few of the parades because my brother was able to convince the people over the parades to let me join which was really cool and fun btw oh yeah and for anyone who might not know what an MP is it's short for Military Police

Love Christmas parades

Here in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada we have a Santa Claus parade every year in mid November. Every single small, medium & large town in most of Ontario has a yearly Xmas / Santa Claus parade:)

I live near Irwin PA. we have something called light up night and the parade usually takes place in mid November.

The parade was pretty good. I like the wastewater float best. The Santa float was very nice too. The lighted shed and backhoe were quite intriguing and creative!

My town is so small, that our parade has only one parade float, high school band, Shriner bikers and a couple of horses 😮. They parade around the city hall over and over. 😂 🦙

I'm from Upstate New York, near Albany, and we do have a Christmas Parade. It's usually scheduled for around Thanksgiving time to avoid temps down around zero lol It's a tradition and it's been going on for over 60 years. Since I've moved to Arizona, I don't get to view a holiday parade and I miss it. Just one of those things I really miss from my childhood.

As someone who’s been into health and fitness for a long time, you’re doing it right. As long as you take your doctor’s recommendations into account, there’s no good or bad way of dieting. Keep doing what works for you. Thats the best and prolonged way of doing it. 👍🏻

This parade is pretty much exact as the parade that we have in Alpena, Michigan. The hot air balloon float was the highlight here. They had to make sure not to burn and power lines down! The dancing Peanuts gang was my favorite from your parade. Merry Christmas!

Howdy Jacob so glad you have your health under control you've done amazing go you!

Richmond Virginia and yes we have Christmas parades. A lot of our small counties have their own parades and so does the city. I actually considered going to one tonight.

Along with Christmas parades in small towns they also have some sort of give away for people who "shop local". The town I live in gives you tickets when you buy anything in our town with a $$$ prize if you come back to the big drawing.

Back in Lincoln,NE we used to have the “Star City Holiday Parade” but it’s been at least 25yrs…😢

I'm from Presque Isle Maine(way north)..We have a Christmas light parade on main street the first weekend in December.Thanks for sharing your parade with us.Hope Jenn is feeling better..Much love and respect from Maine ❤

So fun. I love parades. This was great! Thank you for sharing!!

Your using the scrambler car as a piece of furniture!? That is so cool!! I love your blue cabinets by the way. I also am glad your doing well health wise. You two have a nice place setting up. Grinchfest 2023!! I loved seeing your adventures today as well!! Thanks for the awesome video!!

Hi Jacob...I live in Levittown,Pa & we have a holiday parade the Saturday before Thanksgiving every year !!!! Very similar to yours. Enjoy ur holidays at home this year ✌️❤️🙂

Hey Jacob, I'm new to your channel I just really watched your videos during my spare time. Checking out your Christmas small parade video right now.

This takes me back. That was a great parade.

I was very concerned for you because you just looked very tired. Now, you look just well and very happy. Well done Jacob.

Silly question to ask, but are you well known in waynesville with the local people as the Carpetbagger on youtube 😊, do you get stopped alot in the street since its your hometown😊 im originally from London uk but now living in a small market town called kelso in the Scottish Borders, we have Christmas markets but not parades not to my knowledge anyway.

I would love to see a vlog or 2 from Charlotte in all the Nascar shops and maybe the speedway.

As somebody who has a friend who is diabetic, I could totally understand that you are trying your hardest to manage your diabetes. Keep up the hard work man. You got a big support group your fans as your support group

Enjoyed the Christmas 🎅 Parade with multiple Grinches 💚! There is an annual🎄 Xmas Parade in CHANDLER ✅ OKLAHOMA on ROUTE 66 that occurs in early December. Small town parades are 👍!

Thank you Jacob for taking us along to your Christmas parade very cool! I hope Jenn is on the mend and will be joining you on future videos

You can be The Carpetbagger Grinch 🎄😸

Hello Jacob Enjoying seeing this video of your towns Christmas Parade,. I'm currently living in Holly, Michigan where they have an old time Christmas event called Dickens Fest. They have been doing this for along time, not sure if they do a parade. I'm originally from Lansing and they usually have a parade in front of the capital building last time I saw one years ago.

Congratulations on the good Dr appointment Jacob. keep up the amazing work and you are looking good and you inspire me to take better care of myself I'm from West Branch Michigan and we have a Christmas parade

By my count, there were eight Grinches. You should absolutely do a Carpetbagger Christmas float! And besides the five Grinches, at least one taxidermy possum. We didn't have a Christmas parade, we did have a Halloween parade, and I marched in it every year when I was in grade school. That was the seventies. Man I'm old.😂😂😂

Good morning Jacob 🌞 the small town Christmas 🎄 are the best to see and do, they are likely to do the count down then someone special hits the large button to light the town as a Christmas festival. I know you like to talk a lot in beginning and at the end. But the most part I like is when the action happens when your out around people and showing the fun stuff. Thanks for sharing this. Merry Christmas ⛄❄️🎄📸🤓

I'm currently living in eau claire wis and lived in st Paul mn most my life . Eau claire has the clear water parade to kick off cmas and in the neighboring town of chippewa falls has a cmas parade as well . Mpls or the twin cities has tons of cmas holiday events and parades to check out as well .

A fun parade! I’m from Delaware and we had Christmas parades.

Good Morning Jacob .. !!

I haven't been to my local Christmas parade in many years because I'm usually working!! Loved seeing your local parade!!

My hometown of Battle Creek, MI does a Christmas parade. To be fair, they do it in November though and have hot air balloon baskets roll threw pumping out fire to warm you up 😆

We do Christmas parades here in Maine as well

I was in South Carolina for the weekend and I said to my wife "why are there so many inflatable grinches down here?" I guess it's a thing!

It’s always a relief when you get good news from the doctor, as you did. Nice work Jacob for taking control of your health and doing the effort to put your health needs in higher priority. May you enjoy the rewards of your choices! Yes holiday Christmas parades are a thing! I’m in Southern California, in a region known as the Inland Empire or IE for short; you know nearly everything is boiled down to acronyms these days. My city of Ontario had its annual Christmas parade on this past Saturday. The city has parades for Christmastime and Independence Day. Parade route uses the old town district street of Euclid Avenue. Neighboring cities also have Christmastime Parades. Yes I enjoy parades both attending in person and viewing on television. Parade traditions were brought to California by immigrants from other states, in my opinion. California’s population grew from massive migration of people from other American states. As with all migration, culture is transplanted to the new place of residence, and parades are part of the traditions included. Temperate weather helps & facilitates adoption too! Continued good luck with the setting in of belongings in your home. Take it slow and rest to avoid getting exhausted and sick. After all the holidays are here. 🎄🎅🏻🤶🏻⭐️ Enjoyed this episode very much!

Maybe the Grinch multiply with snope😂?? I am sad Jenn missed her first parade in her new home. Hope you feel better x❤

everything in moderation ..i think thats the best way to go about life

I live in a small town about an hour 20 min from Seattle and we have a Christmas parade every year. Matter of fact we had ours just this past Saturday.

That was a pretty good hometown Christmas Parade. I did hear my old home town the home of the Kansas State Fair just started up the Christmas parade again. It was last weekend it was Chilly and with a heavy mist but it could have been much worse. It was so good to see they started it back up. Waynesville looks like a nice town. I told my hubby I would like to go back to Kentucky where he has family, but would love to go to Gatlinburg and other areas.

we attended and vlogged 3 Christmas parades here in the smokies this past weekend each was different and fun, Gatlinburg, Sevierville, and Townsend, we had a lot of grinches at all 3 parades too lol