Green Bay kicked off the New Year by parading a llama downtown. The mayor told WBAY-TV that legend says the llama would bring good luck. He confessed later to making up up the legend.
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Green Bay, Wis., kicked off the new year by parading a llama downtown. Why a llama? - you ask. Well. Mayor Jim Schmitt explained to TV station WBAY.</s>JIM SCHMITT: Legend has it that if you view this llama on New Year's Eve, good things will come your way the following year.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Having said that, Mayor Schmitt confessed it's all made up. He just wants to start a new tradition, and he prefers the llama to Green Bay's other option, a giant illuminated cheesehead.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION.