Henry had his mind set on making everyone in Storybrooke believe in the christmas spirit, and when Henry had a goal, Henry achieved it - he did bring Emma to Storybrooke and played a big role on breaking the curse. So obviously a christmas parade was inside his christmas plans. And not just a parade, Henry wanted the hole thing, food, fire works, games, everything that he had seen on the movies.

Regina hadn't seem very thrilled with the idea because she had too much work to do, but David and Emma had assured her that she wouldn't have to worry about it since they'll deal with al the preparations. Henry was lucky his mothers were two of the most influential women on town, and when everything else failed, well, he had his grandfather Rumpelstiltskin to work it out.

The mayor didn't know why, but the Charmings were being too Charming towards her lately. She couldn't help but to be suspicious about it. The brunette watched them from her seat. Mary Margaret and David were hosting the first Miss WinterWonder, they talked and introduced each girl that aspired to win the crown - so lame. She was part of the jury, she was sitting between Mr. Gold and Emma, who were the other two judges.

Thank God it was a sunny day, this whole parade thing would have been impossible if the weather had been Storybrooke's normal winter weather: clouded and windy.

Regina wasn't really paying attention to the beauty pageant's participants. She shifted her eyes towards the crown that would be placed on tonight's winner, it reminded her of her own crown. Her mind travelled to the faraway land, to the land that she used to call home, to the land that had caused her nothing but pain and emptiness. At the beginning Storybrooke had felt the same, but then Henry came around. The little kid had filled her life with joy.

"Regina," Emma elbowed her.

Regina blinked to come back to reality and shoot a glare at the blonde. "What?" she snapped.

"We have to choose the winner and the runners up,"

Not very interested, Regina picked three random names. Two of them matched with Gold and Emma's choices, so picking the winner wouldn't be a problem.

As the Mayor of Storybrooke, Regina had to give the crown to the winner. Emma, as the sheriff, would give her the prize: a 1000$ check. At the beginning Emma and Regina had not been thrilled with the idea; but it had been Henry's idea, and they both wanted to make him happy. After all, was it really hard to climb up to the stage and give to a giggle woman her prize?

When Gold read the name of the winner, Audrey Tyler, a girl that Emma had never seen in Storybrooke until this day, a huge group of teenagers shouted loudly and popped bottles of champagne, wetting everyone who was around them. Regina stared at them with an eyebrow raised.

"I hope our kid grows up to be smarter than those idiots," she said leaning closer to Emma, who smiled at the comment but didn't say anything about it.

When the Miss WinterWonder climbed to the stage, she was wet and her make up had been smudged by the champagne, but she was so excited with her new title that she almost tripped over Regina, who was trying to put the crown on the enthusiastic teen. After Regina had crowned the new beauty queen she proceeded to make her speech.

She ended it with: "My wish for you is to count your blessings, not your regrets. Find your peace. Merry Christmas, people of Storybrooke!"

The people started clapping as the miss WinterWonder blew kisses at them. The teenagers that had popped the champagne screamed louder than before as the winner got of stage and walked among the people

"Why did I accept to do this?" Regina asked Emma, they were the only ones on stage - the rest of the people had clustered around the miss to congratulate her.

"Are you upset you didn't get the crown, Madam Mayor?" Emma teased her.

"I had a crown, dear, a real one," Regina replied with a serious tone. "Sometimes, I still use the title that came with it."

"Right, her royal highness, the evil queen."

Regina didn't reply to Emma's comment, she limited herself to smile to the crowd and wave at the few people that were looking at her. Emma followed her example.