Why Melrose has 2 Christmas parades

Tom Germano of the Melrose Business and Community Association and Amy Stanley of Melrose Patriots, prior to the Merry Melrose Christmas parade on Dec. 11.

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor MELROSE— Many smaller towns don’t have a single Christmas parade, but the community at the corners of Bradford, Putnam, Clay and Alachua counties featured two Christmas parades this year: the Merry Melrose Christmas Parade on Dec. 11 and the Bonnie Melrose Christmas parade the following Saturday. Tom Germano, the second-year…

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