CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Folding chairs are lining the sidewalks in Chesapeake, and neighbors say that's how they know Christmas time is here. While the annual Chesapeake Rotary Christmas Parade is coming up this weekend, the owners of the chairs have been ready for weeks.

"People started putting their chairs out here more than three weeks ago," said Buzz Hartmann, a Chesapeake neighbor.

If you live or drive through Chesapeake, odds are you've seen them too.

"The chairs come out and they, you know, mark their spot for the Christmas Parade," said Carmel Ann Zintz, a Chesapeake neighbor.

"Not only just the chairs that are here, but you see the pickup trucks and the trailers that people have backed up here so they can sit in them," Hartmann said.

This year marks the 42nd annual Chesapeake Rotar

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