Scenes from Friday’s Holiday Lighted Parade

Pack 411 Cub Scouts and reindeer get ready to walk in the Holiday Lighted Parade Friday evening, Dec. 2, 2016, in downtown Charles City . -- Press photo by Chris Baldus

Boy Scouts and elves walk and ride in the Holiday Lighted Parade Friday evening, Dec. 2, 2016, in downtown Charles City . -- Press photo by Chris Baldus

A familiar star lights up the SUV pulling the float from St. John Evangelical Church in Charles City along the Holiday Lighted Parade route Friday evening, Dec. 2, 2016, in downtown Charles City. -- Press photo by Chris Baldus

Snow people pass the Art Center during the Holiday Lighted Parade Friday evening, Dec. 2, 2016, in downtown Charles City . -- Press photo by Chris Baldus

Mitas employees hand out candy during the Holiday Lighted Parade Friday evening, Dec. 2, 2016, in downtown Charles City . -- Press photo by Chris Baldus

Children on the float from St. John Evangelical Church in Charles City encourage a photographer to pick up candy dropped along the Holiday Lighted Parade route Friday evening in downtown Charles City. -- Press photo by Chris Baldus

The Charles City McDonald's float in the Holiday Lighted Parade tapped into fairy tale magic Friday evening, Dec. 2, 2016, in downtown Charles City . -- Press photo by Chris Baldus

The Charles City McDonald's float in the Holiday Lighted Parade tapped into fairy tale magic Friday evening, Dec. 2, 2016, in downtown Charles City . -- Press photo by Chris Baldus

Mayor Jim Erb rides in a sled float with young constituents in the Holiday Lighted Parade Friday evening, Dec. 2, 2016, in downtown Charles City. -- Press photo by Chris Baldus

A full crew tides Trinity United Methodist Church's igloo float in the Holiday Lighted Parade route Friday evening, Dec. 2, 2016, in downtown Charles City. -- Press photo by Chris Baldus

Trinity United Methodist Church's float features an igloo made from plasticmilk bottles in the Holiday Lighted Parade route Friday evening, Dec. 2, 2016, in downtown Charles City. -- Press photo by Chris Baldus

Santa Claus arrives in Charles City Friday evening aboard the CUSB Bank float in the Holiday Lighted Parade downtown. -- Press photo by Chris Baldus

Santa Claus arrives in Charles City to the delight of children along the Holiday Lighted Parade Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, in downtown Charles City. -- Press photo by Chris Baldus