A crowd of thousands celebrated along Market Place Boulevard during Saturday’s Cumming Christmas Parade & Festival.“It rained a little bit, but that didn’t dampen the crowd,” said Cumming Mayor H. Ford Gravitt. “I think it was the biggest parade we’ve ever had.”About 6,000 people participated in the festival, which included a 5K run in the morning and the afternoon parade and tree lighting ceremony at Northside Hospital-Forsyth.The procession along the busy retail corridor featured about 80 entrants, including floats, dance troupes and local dignitaries. “I think there were more floats than there ever was,” Gravitt said.