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Well, the Country Cousins are famous once again, making the front page of the The Daily News for the Elf Float in the CR Christmas Parade.

[Excerpt] Emmy Hodges and about a dozen of her family members gathered on a homemade red and candy-cane lined float dressed as elves from the Will Ferrell holiday movie, with pointed hats and all.

Hodges said she and her cousins, when growing up, regularly joined a parade in conjunction with the city’s summer fair. Now, with children of her own, she and her cousins decided to resurrect the plans.

“We used to do the summer parade forever so we are bringing it back,” she said.

Hodges said they call themselves the “country cousins.” The holiday parade float — which took about five hours that day to create — was inspired by the movie “Elf,” because the family watches the film every holiday season, she added.