photo by: Kevin Anderson

The rain was coming down hard when Wayne and Maggie Bradshaw of Newkirk, Okla., turned their small buggy onto Massachusetts Street on Saturday at the Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade. Heavy rains moved through the area when the parade started.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Teams of horses huddle together on the rain-covered Massachusetts Street on Saturday at the Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade.

photo by: AP Photo/Jeff Barnard

In this Nov. 14, 2011 photo, Jennifer Margulis poses outside her home in Ashland, Ore., with her husband, James Di Properzio and their daughter, Leone, 2. Margulis and Di Properzio are among a growing number of parents questioning the government schedule of mandated vaccines for children.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

City and state leaders along with Amtrak officials help cut the ribbon of a new outdoor boarding platform Saturday at the Santa Fe Depot, 413 E. Seventh St.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Meredith Lang and her daughter Amelia, 8, stopped by the Centenary United Methodist Church, 245 N. Fourth St., Saturday to view the Festival of the Nativities. The display will continue noon to 4 p.m. weekends until Dec. 18 and from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 15.