Once again I left the Ocean Beach Christmas Parade early. It used to be a one-hour event, but of recent it seems the OB merchants want to fatten up their wallets with allowing more participants. Spring Valley and Barona Raceway? What do they have to do with OB? Give me woodies, Harleys, skateboards, bicycles and surfers — the hallmarks of our beach community. The nauseous fumes from the racecars and the potential danger of their loss of control definitely does not put me in the Christmas spirit. Seeing the OB Elementary School and Point Loma HS classes, the local bands, the local businesses, that’s what has made the parade a success.