A new puppy is MUCH more important than any ol' Christmas parade! Congrats on your new addition .
This year we went to MVMCP for the first time in, oh, 5 years or so. Except for having less places to get cookies and hot cocoa (and the hot cocoa being even MORE watered down), the evening, as well as the parade hadn't changed much. So we skipped the TV show altogether on purpose.
-Sharon-