We've got spirit, yes we do

Saturday’s Downtown Sarasota Holiday Parade attracted thousands of spectators and participants, all decked out in their holiday finest. Keeping with the Floribbean them, Observer Group employees wearing grass skirts and handing out leis and beach balls to the crowd walked next to a Hawaiian shaved-ice float. But two-thirds into the route, the Observer’s spirit was, uh, stalled. Employees rallied together to push the broken-down float off to the side but jumped right back into the parade to continue strutting down Main Street.