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mnhtnbb

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13. Rain on the Rose Parade!!

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 12:11 PM

16 hrs ago

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!

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Kinda sad the weather for the Rose Parade is not the best...... [View all] a kennedy 17 hrs ago OP

Still a nice parade, but yes, rain on a parade stinks. dem4decades 16 hrs ago #1

I can never get over how all those floats are all done by hand and all living stuff.....amazing, and so beautiful. a kennedy 16 hrs ago #3

My mother actually went out there when my displacedvermoter 16 hrs ago #2

I know, absolutely amazing...... a kennedy 16 hrs ago #4

I marched in it back in 1968 MurrayDelph 16 hrs ago #5

Can't imagine how long it is.......i was in an all girl Drum Corps and we had parades, but never like this one. a kennedy 16 hrs ago #8

Yes, flowers or natural "ingredients" senseandsensibility 13 hrs ago #16

We were riffing about 'What if the floats were edible plants instead of flowers?' GreatGazoo 16 hrs ago #6

😂 🤣 😂 a kennedy 16 hrs ago #9

How about if it was all marijuana and the crowd smoked it at the end. The restaurants would make a fortune. dem4decades 16 hrs ago #10

Rain just about over, though Johonny 16 hrs ago #7

Unexpected. But it gave ESPN the excuse to play Mamas & Papas' "California Dreaming"... hlthe2b 16 hrs ago #11

Hey, hey, Monty Ball running back from the University of Wisconsin is going into the Rose Bowl hall of fame!!!! a kennedy 16 hrs ago #12

Rain on the Rose Parade!! mnhtnbb 16 hrs ago #13

Always used to watch this with my Dad..... Bayard 14 hrs ago #14

One of my oldest friends, who marched with me in the '68 parade MurrayDelph 14 hrs ago #15