Columbus Day

Proof the mayor of Somerville doesn't hate Columbus Day or Hallloween

Curtatone

Chris Devers spotted Joe Curtatone dressed as Columbus in Somerville's Halloween parade yesterday. So there, Boston Herald.

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ...

At least at the West Roxbury Home Depot, 80-degree temperatures on this Columbus Day weekend (and Thanksgiving) be damned.

Too soon

East Boston's parade had Shriners

Small truck

Jo marched in the Columbus Day parade in East Boston today. One parade watcher knew how to watch in comfort:

Great day for a parade

Today was the annual Columbus Day parade through the North End. Lots of marching bands, of course, along with a float of clowns throwing clown noses into the crowds. One lady put hers on:

One high school's uniforms were kind of unsettling:

Mr. Grumpyface

Go give Spatch some sympathy for having to work on Columbus Day.