BinG, that’s me! The silly little elf who loves The Holiday Extravaganza Parade!!

I have a magical story to tell you… I am here at the North Pole working hard to get ready for the 45th Anniversary Holiday Extravaganza Parade, digging into boxes and boxes from the past. Geez…. 45 years is a long long time!

Anyway… somewhere packed away in Santa’s workshop, I found a special chest, it was marked “1981 Parade” The first one ever!! AND WOW WOW WOW!! What I found was EXTRAVAGANZA!!

I found an old Rubik's Cube, just in case you didn’t know.. it’s a small square colorful plastic puzzle.. it’s so frustrating for me, BinG, I think a Rubik’s Cube is just pretending to be a toy. I also found a Lite-Brite…do you know what that is?? It lights up with pegs to make a design.. or words, you could say, I mean BinG, that’s me!! I giggle when I say it.. a Lite Bright is an iPad from the 80’s.

But to be serious, or a little bit.. there is something I almost forgot.. these were close to my heart ♥.

Little Blue People.. little blue elves.. Yes BLUE ELVES!!! Called SMURFS!

“The SMURFS” there is a special place in my room I am going to keep these. Oh… such fun memories..

Well.. back to my story.. while going through the chest… I found a shiny Christmas ornament that looked so beautiful and sparkly.. soooo I took it out to put on the tree in santas workshop and oh boy… I dropped it!!

And me oh my!! Then something magical happened... Suddenly, the ornament began to glow.

The room spun. The tinsel flew.

Then… WHOOSH! I flew backwards through time! Back to 1981!!!
“Woah!” “Look at those pants!”

JINGLE! WHOOSH!

The music was different, the floats were too, and the hairstyles!! Oh.. the 80s hair is VERY silly!

I was going so fast.. BinG, I was dizzy.. the 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s, all the way to now 2026.

BinG, Yes ME… I traveled through parade after parade, seeing 45 years of lights, music, floats, costumes, and oh so much Christmas fun.

I marched.
I danced.
I twirled.
I ran.
I remembered.
And then…suddenly, BinG, that’s ME! I returned to now, to 2026, back to going through the chest… so I walked carefully and hung the magical ornament on the tree.

“Forty-five years of memories,” I said with a smile.

Even though many things looked different over the last 45 years, the people were doing the same thing.

They were smiling.

They were laughing.

They were waving.

They were celebrating together.

It was 45 years of MAGIC!

♥ BinG!

See you at the Parade!