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Second grade teacher Lisa Cupples (right) leads the grade level with the theme “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas,” during the Christmas parade.

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Mabank ISD Central Elementary School starts the holidays off with a Christmas Parade Dec. 19, 2025. Mr. and Mrs. Clause aka Jessie Price (left) and husband Bobby are all smiles at the starting line.

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The first grade’s theme for the Christmas parade is snowmen, as shown by Breanna Otterline. 

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Natalia Lopez waits for her older sibling to march in the Central Elementary School parade Dec. 19, 2025.