Lisbon Ole Fashion Christmas Horse Parade
The Lisbon Ole Fashion Christmas Horse Parade was held for the second year on Saturday. But with the number of people who showed up to see the holiday-dressed horses parade through town, you’d think it had been going on for decades.
The parade moved west across Frederick Road in Lisbon, in Howard County, and featured horses and people of all sizes, wearing any number of holiday and Christmas costumes. Watch the video below the gallery to see some action from the parade.
- Tara Datz, of Lisbon, with Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue, rubs the nose of Bella, a Percheron horse, as they prepare for the Lisbon Ole Fashion Christmas Horse Parade in Lisbon on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
- Cadet, a 25-year-old Appaloosa, “grins” as Kathy Coviello, of Arlington, Va., raises her hand in front of his nose. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
- This group went all out with an Old West-style horse-drawn stagecoach, led by two horses wearing angel costumes. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
- A holiday bow is pinned to the braided tail of a horse at the Lisbon Ole Fashion Christmas Horse Parade. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
- A horse wears glitter on its face and neck while waiting for the Lisbon Ole Fashion Christmas Horse Parade to begin. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
- The Lisbon Town Grill brought Christmas-themed, horse-drawn “food truck” to the parade on Saturday, selling doughnuts, coffee and other items. Renee Nehrich takes a request as the stand parks in a gas station lot. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
- Margaret Small, 6, of Lisbon, walks on Frederick Road with her mom, Mary Small, while wearing a cardboard horse costume at the parade Saturday. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
- Alvin Hess, of Lisbon, smiles as the horse parade goes by. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
- “Santa” and “Mrs. Claus” wave to the crowd during the Lisbon Ole Fashion Christmas Horse Parade. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
- Children watch the Lisbon Old Fashion Christmas Horse Parade on Saturday. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
- A man snaps a photo of the Lisbon Ole Fashion Christmas Horse Parade on his phone. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
- Brooke Green, 15, of Mount Airy, dressed as Cindy Lou Who from Dr. Seuss’ “How The Grinch Stole Christmas,” rides a horse through the parade with her mom, Irene Savage, who is dressed as The Grinch. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
- Irene Savage, of Mount Airy, dressed as The Grinch, laughs as she gets turned around on her horse and ends up walking backward for a few steps in the parade. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
- A horse dressed as Rudoplh the Red-Nosed Reindeer is led through the Christmas horse parade in Lisbon. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
- McKenzie Ridgely, 16, and her little sister Addison, 3, both of Libertytown watch the parade go by. (Jon Sham/BSMG)
- Caden, left, and Kendall, who are 4-year-old twins, lead Shetland horse “Simba” through the parade. (Jon Sham/BSMG)