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The Christmas spirit really kicked in around Cloquet last week during the Santa's Home for the Holidays events. It was all capped off by a parade Saturday night that Santa himself took part in.
Frozen fireworks followed the Saturday parade along with more holiday goodies and entertainment plus an alumni hockey game.
Nolan Talbot, 7, works on developing an aesthetically pleasing and tasty Christmas cookie at Cloquet Ford Chrysler during the Santa's Home for the Holidays celebration. The magic shows at Cloquet Ford were also very popular with families making the rounds on Saturday.
Cora Spalding, 2, carefully mails her letter to Santa Claus at a special mailbox at the Members Cooperative Credit Union festivities Saturday, where children could also do crafts, talk to Santa, listen to Mrs. Claus read a story and see real live reindeer.
Nolan Talbot, 7, and Frankie Henagin, 4, choose what candies they want to use to decorate their cookies with some help from Lindsey Langenbrunner at Cloquet Ford Chrysler Saturday during the Santa's Home for the Holidays celebration.
Revelers ride the hay wagon from Cloquet Ford Chrysler to downtown Cloquet for more fun events Saturday afternoon.
The Cloquet and Fond du Lac police departments put on a chili feed and Elf Bingo at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church to kick off the Santa's Home for the Holidays celebrations in Cloquet last week. They fed close to 350 people.
Karli Ammesmaki, 1, wasn't so sure about talking to Santa Claus at the Pine Knot News open house Thursday, but she loved the candy cane and came in several times to peek at Santa.
Pajamas were the costume for these parade dancers.
In a celebration of all things winter and Christmas in this part of the world, Cloquet residents could find many ways to meet with Santa Claus last week, eat, shop, decorate cookies, enjoy Christmas music, watch a good hockey game, and shop some more.
Organizer Alyson Leno declared the annual Santa's Home for the Holidays a success, breathing a sigh of relief once the parade with all its lights wrapped up and the fireworks lit up the sky over downtown Cloquet Saturday night.
Leno raced off to Northwoods Credit Union Arena for the fourth annual Alumni Hockey game between Cloquet and Duluth East - which Cloquet won again, 10-7.
Winners of the parade were Halvor Lines for Best Lit Float, Cloquet Ford Chrysler for Most Festive Float and Shooting Stars Dance for Most Unique Float.
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FIND MORE PHOTOS IN A PHOTO GALLERY ON THE PINEKNOTNEWS.COM HOME PAGE AND WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE PARADE FEATURED ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. Photos by Dan Saletel, Jana Peterson and Alyson Leno
