Two and a half-year-old Emma Eaker keeps dry in th eback of an SUV with her grandmother Shelia Ballard and mother Haley Eaker along side two-year-old Fisher Craft and his mom, Laura Craft as hundreds of people braved the wet, cold and fog to be a part of the annual Cherryville Christmas Parade held Saturday morning, Dec. 14, 2019, through downtown Cherryville. [Mike Hensdill/The Gaston Gazette]