Donaldsonville’s Christmas Parade is preparing to light up Marchand Drive and Railroad Avenue starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. O’Neil Robinson has been selected to lead the parade as grand marshal. Robinson has 26 years of service on the west side of the parish. He is a 1989 graduate of Donaldsonville High, earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics from Southern University, master’s degrees in supervision and administration education and pure mathematics and also completed his doctorate in science and mathematics education.