Christmas comes early for rednecks in this Louisiana town.
The 17th annual Bawcomville Redneck Christmas Parade was held on December 2nd in the small town of 2,700 people in West Monroe, Louisiana.
“This is part of our city — I don’t think there are a lot of rules,” marcher Zach Raybourn told CNN.
Floats participating in the holiday party were decorated with a redneck theme and included one with a man sitting on a toilet bowl and another filled with empty beer cans.
Some displayed signs with the words ‘nation’ such as “Kiss ur cuzin” and “Crack is wak” written on them.
A tractor, garbage truck and several pickup trucks were also part of the festivities.
“We have Leroy the Redneck Reindeer,” a jubilant Bryan Baker told the store, gesturing to a stuffed reindeer head with a red nose on his float. “You can’t get any more redneck than that.”
All proceeds from the event benefit local children during the Christmas season, according to the parade’s Facebook page. Tina Owens
Baker goes on to explain how to define rednecks. “We’d rather be in the woods, be in the countryside – sitting on the porch, campfire, cold beer,” he said.
The marchers threw items such as toothbrushes, ramen noodles, beads, toilet paper and candy into the crowd of onlookers.
Shane Wooten, a local realtor, dressed as the Grinch and brought hundreds of packets of ramen noodles to throw from a La-Z-Boy he strapped to a motorized scooter.
The noodles are a nod to the joke about rednecks, who claim they eat dry noodles because they’re cheaper than chips.
The Bawcomville Redneck Christmas Parade features floats decorated with a redneck theme. Local Tina Owens goods store Shane Wooten wears a Grinch costume and rides in a La-Z-Boy chair. Tina Owens
“It’s not your typical Christmas parade. It’s something to laugh at,” Wooten told the outlet.
All proceeds from the event benefit local children during the Christmas season, according to the parade’s Facebook page.
“We have over 100 children and their families that we are trying to prepare for Christmas this year! Everything stays here in this community and really makes a difference,” the post explained.
“I understand that most of us don’t have to worry about where our next meal is coming from or where our children’s happiness is going to come from on Christmas morning, but that’s not the case for most families in our area.”
A tractor, garbage truck and several pickup trucks were also part of the festivities. CNN
More than 30% of residents in Bawcomville, located nearly 200 miles from Louisiana’s capital, Baton Rogue, live below the poverty level.
This is evident on the parade route, which is lined with RVs and tents, where some residents live, abandoned stores, a pawn shop and several Dollar General stores.
Nonprofit workers Debi Mayo and Rachel Holmes of Bawcomville Hope, which provides hot meals to those in need there, were at the march to do outreach.
“This is part of our city,” said marcher Zach Raybourn. CNN
“People don’t realize this is like a Third World country,” Holmes told the outlet. There are many homeless people in the area, living in abandoned mobile homes.
“And in the woods,” added Mayo. “Temporary tent. It’s a dire situation we’re in. Even people who have jobs are suffering because of the high economic prices.”
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