Canadian visitors Emily Partida, from left, Becky Benson and Christina Benson try to stay warm before the start of the 2013 Rose Parade in Pasadena.
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A youngster sleeps curbside hours before the start of the 2013 Rose Parade.
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Lidia Barrera is bundled up against the early morning chill waiting for the 2013 Rose Parade.
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Sarah Meltzer of Santa Monica peeks over her sleeping bag along Colorado Boulevard.
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Pasadena — Kevin Logan, left, with mom Cherease Logan and other family members get settled in with heaters and blankets for overnight camping on Monday night.
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Pasadena — Gilbert De Los Santos keeps warm with his dog Umi, a Maltese mix, on the parade route Monday night.
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Pasadena — Pedestrian and campers gather on the Rose Parade route on Colorado Boulevard on Monday night.
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Pasadena — Makani Ash and Ciarra Garcia are bundled up on the parade route in front of a restaurant Monday night.
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Pasadena — Natalie Iniguez and Ileana Chavez read and play on their electronic devices at their curbside spots along Colorado Blvd where they will watch the Rose Parade with their family.
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Pasadena — Cousins Aazalet Danage and Keiara Douglas from Norwalk share umbrellas at their curbside spots along Colorado Blvd where they will watch the Rose Parade with their family, but first they will have to put up with the cold overnight temperatures.
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Pasadena — A technician gets the sound system ready on the Farmers Insurance float at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Rose Palace on the day before the big parade.
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Pasadena — Keelee OBerry and Barb Lewis brace for a cold night with their favorite warm hats along Colorado Blvd where they will watch the Rose Parade.
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Pasadena CA, USA — Spectators snap pictures of completed floats at the Pasadena Tournament Of Roses Rose Palace on the day before the parade.
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Pasadena — Spectators snap pictures of completed floats at the Pasadena Tournament Of Roses Rose Palace on the day before the big parade on Monday.
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Pasadena — Creative director of Paradiso Parade Floats Charles Meier (center) works on his float at the Rose Bowl on Sunday.
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Pasadena — Volunteers Synthia Martinez (right) and her mother Marisol Mendoza (below) help with the City of San Gabriel float at the Rose Bowl on Sunday
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Pasadena — Cindy Aronberg of Santa Monica and her children Kate and Leo watch as flowers are placed for the City of San Gabriel float at the Rose Bowl on Sunday.
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Emily Chavarria places yellow mums on American Honda's "Follow Your Dreams" float at the Phoenix Decorating Company in Pasadena.
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Visitors take pictures and view floats under construction at the Rosemont Pavilion of the Phoenix Decorating Company in Pasadena.
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Crushed flowers snow down on Priscilla Ramos' face as she glues the dried petals to an angel's wings Friday morning in Pasadena. The trumpeting angels are part of the Farmers Insurance float titled "The Love Float."
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Janet Lopez glues crushed dried flower petals to the giant leaves on The Nurses Float in Pasadena. The float, "A Healing Place," will be part of Tuesday's 124th Rose Parade.
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The feet of Sophia Mahfouz, left, and Isaac Cabrera dangle over scaffolding as they work on Western Asset's "A World United" float at the Phoenix Decorating Company in Pasadena.
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Adrianna Schuster of Thousand Oaks puts seaweed on the outside of a giant tractor tire on RFD TV's "Classic Tractor Fever!" float at the Rosemont Pavilion in Pasadena.
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David Burney of Milwaukee applies straw flowers to RFD TV's "Classic Tractor Fever!" float at the Rosemont Paviion.
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The "Freedom Is Not Free" float from the Department of Defense commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Korean War and highlights Korean War veterans.
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Annette Mach glues crushed dried flower petals to the giant leaves on The Nurses Float, "A Healing Place," at the Phoenix Decorating Company in Pasadena.
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Simon Chau, 16, adds powdered parsley to Western Asset's "A World United" float at the Rosemont Pavilion.
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Rex Eggleton of St. Albans, W. Va., helps decorate the "Freedom Is Not Free" float from the Department of Defense.
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