Larger, animal-shaped lanterns are the work of Creative Alliance. Some of these lanterns, namely the snake, take several volunteers to carry and seem more like parade floats than lanterns.
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Owl Lantern in Halloween Parade
by Laureen Miles Brunelli
for About.comPhoto courtesy of Friends of Patterson Park
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