It won’t be a winter wonderland but event organizers are hoping that brings more people out to the annual Christmas Parade, set for Saturday.
“Right now the temperatures are supposed to be in the 60s, though, this is Missouri, that could all change in an hour,” joked Sedalia Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Connie Smith.
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