This story was originally published in December 2024. It has been updated.
A display of Christmas carolers is seen within a gazebo in front of the J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center’s Covenant Center and chapel on Nov. 27. This is one of the center’s oldest displays still in use.
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Maintenance Manager Trent Ramsey, right, and Volunteer Service Director Alicia Lorenzo Wilson, left, discuss the Christmas displays set up along J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center.
Maintenance staff at J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center set up the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer display. Maintenance Director Trent Ramsey said the display is one of his favorites because it reminds him of his daughter.
Amy Lewis, a retired nurse who now works in the J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center’s media department, stands in front of the “Bluey” display on Nov. 27. The cutouts, based on the Australian children’s cartoon, are the center’s newest display.
Navigation signs and cutouts of Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, and Santa’s elves are set out at the entrance of J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center on Nov. 27.
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J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center Poplar house residents wave to the audience during the parade in 2024. The “Nightmare Before Christmas” float was selected for that year’s directors award.
The North Carolina National Guard leads the J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center parade on Thursday.
U.S. Paralympics triathlon silver medalist Carson Clough, left, waves to the crowd. Clough served as the grand marshal for this year’s parade.
J . Iverson Riddle Developmental Center music therapist Cassidy Weber, left, and teacher Christy McGalliard, right, pose with residents during the 2024 parade. Residents helped create floats featured in the parade.
A Patton High School band member plays the trombone during the J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center parade in 2024.
A J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center resident sits in the cab of Cedar house’s “Polar Express” float during the holiday parade.
A reindeer parade mascot high fives a child during the J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center parade.
Freedom High School 2024 homecoming representative Leah Kirskey sits atop a vintage car during the J. Iverson Riddle Center holiday parade. The Freedom High School homecoming court rode in a convoy in the parade.
Freedom High School’s JROTC marches in the J. Iverson Riddle Center holiday parade on Thursday.
Santa Claus sits in the parade float at the J. Iverson Riddle Center holiday parade.
