Jingle bells, candy canes and parade floats will not be traveling through Dadeville’s downtown square for the annual Christmas parade.
Instead, this year, Dadeville’s Spirit of Hometown Christmas Parade will start at the high school, go up Spring Street, then East LaFayette Street, down Legion Street to get back to the high school.
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