Ah, the infamous "Christmas Parade Incident"!
My sister and I were part of a drum and majorette corps when we were young children. The group started to line up for the parade, and all the adults were hollering at the kids as we hustled onto the street, "watch out for the ditch!" Well...guess who wasn't listening? Needless to say I fell into the ditch, and found myself sitting waist deep in icy cold water! Shivering in the cold winter air, my father wrapped me up in his jacket, and instead of marching through the parade I rode on the back of the group's truck. 🥶
For years the director of the group would introduce me as "the kid who fell in the ditch!" 😅
