By now, you've almost certainly seen the video of one extraordinarily lit Christmas parade featuring children's characters pulling some fantastic dance moves.。

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, footage of these hype kid's favorites has gone super-viral, and reactions to the party have been extremely mixed. 。

The video was taken at the Scotland County Christmas Parade in Laurinberg, North Carolina, where the characters danced down Main Street to energize the local crowd. 。

The dancers are from company TandL-Characters, who provide their spirited performers for a range of celebratory events.。 "We perform skits and dance because no one wants to go to a party [where] the characters only wave and take pictures," the company's founder, Lavonda McLaughlin, told 。Mashable, " 。

Mashable, "。 Our skits and music pieces are part of the company."。While some viewers sounded off about finding the dancing inappropriate in the comments section of an article in  。The 。

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Children love to dance - especially to the top songs that are played on the radio," she continued. "There is nothing wrong with clean fun." 。

Negative comments on the original video also prompted its poster (and hilarious commentator) to post this:。

Upon receiving negative comments, "The kids [who work for the company] were not happy," McLaughlin said. "We have never had any negativity until we did the parade in Laurinburg, North Carolina."
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"We are a family business," McLaughlin explained, revealing she runs the company with husband, Travis. "We started because [our son] liked to dance, and he was good at it."。

Along with McLaughlin's own three children, the company consists of kids from Durham and Laurinburg, North Carolina, who are all close friends.
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"Our team loves to dance and is very talented," she explained, "They don't just see it as a job, they love entertaining and dancing too."
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Here is the company's own video of the event:。

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Here is the company's own video of the event: 。Honestly, we think this Christmas parade looks fun AF. (Go Minnie!)
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