Kinda sad the weather for the Rose Parade is not the best......

[a kennedy]

I love this parade.

[dem4decades]

1. Still a nice parade, but yes, rain on a parade stinks.

[a kennedy]

3. I can never get over how all those floats are all done by hand and all living stuff.....amazing, and so beautiful.

[displacedvermoter]

2. My mother actually went out there when my

sister lived in California. She remembers it as one of the high points. "Everything is made out of flowers", she says that with admiration!

[a kennedy]

4. I know, absolutely amazing......

[MurrayDelph]

5. I marched in it back in 1968

My feet still haven't recovered.

Other than remembering thinking "When will this end?", my other memory was the Salvation Army having a food truck with coffee, cocoa (this being 1968, kids rarely drank coffeee), and donuts.

I haven't watched this year's parade yet, but I always remember it being lovely weather on TV while the rest of the country looked on in envy.

[a kennedy]

8. Can't imagine how long it is.......i was in an all girl Drum Corps and we had parades, but never like this one.

to a fellow marcher. Happy New Year!!

[senseandsensibility]

16. Yes, flowers or natural "ingredients"

For instance, one float this year had giant ants and they were made with black beans. The amount of work that goes into this parade is amazing!

[GreatGazoo]

6. We were riffing about 'What if the floats were edible plants instead of flowers?'

Announcer 1: Here comes Dorothy and the munchins...
Ann 2: Yes - the yellow brick road is spaghetti squash and the grass next to it is broccoli crowns

Parade ends with forks and ranch dressing.

[a kennedy]

9. 😂 🤣 😂

[dem4decades]

10. How about if it was all marijuana and the crowd smoked it at the end. The restaurants would make a fortune.

[Johonny]

7. Rain just about over, though

[hlthe2b]

11. Unexpected. But it gave ESPN the excuse to play Mamas & Papas' "California Dreaming"...

and a nostalgic wave came over me, along with some tears. Not because of the Rose Bowl or either team playing, but just the remembrance of the Mamas & the Papas. So, there is that..

[a kennedy]

12. Hey, hey, Monty Ball running back from the University of Wisconsin is going into the Rose Bowl hall of fame!!!!

That’s pretty awesome. GO BADGERS. 🥰 ♥️ 🤍

[mnhtnbb]

13. Rain on the Rose Parade!!

This once upon a time California girl (1965-88) had an aunt and uncle who lived in Pasadena. It NEVER rained on the Rose Parade. One of the announcers just said it had rained twice on the parade in the last 70 years!

[Bayard]

14. Always used to watch this with my Dad.....

Sure miss him.

[MurrayDelph]

15. One of my oldest friends, who marched with me in the '68 parade

is dealing with his first holiday season without his mom (who passed away last year at 94).
Every year when the parade was over, his mom would call him from LA to say she'd "just watched the parade, and weren't you in it in 1969?" getting the year wrong every time.

As he was watching the parade and missing his mom, his older sister called and asked "Weren't you in it in 1969?"

The tradition continues