From Grinches to Santa, colorful characters, bands and floats greeted local residents lined up in Boykin, Bethune, Camden andLugoff for a quartet of Christmas parades this month. Boykin Parade organizers say they believe this was the best parade ever for its wacky annual event, with more than 15,000 spectators. Bethune held its first Christmas parade, dampened somewhat by rain, but not in spirit.