List of Christmas and holiday season parades

The following is a list of holiday parades that occur between Thanksgiving Day (in the U.S.) and early January, coinciding with the Christmas and holiday season.

Africa

South Africa

• Cape Town: Kaapse Klopse (Cape Town Minstrel Carnival), held annually on 2 January (Second New Year)

Asia

India

• Kolkata: Kolkata Christmas Festival. Parade held along Park Street in the week prior to Christmas.

Japan

• Osaka: Universal Studios Christmas parade. Annual parades staged in the lead up to Christmas, hosted by Universal Studios Japan
• Tokyo: Disney Christmas stories. Annual parade staged by Tokyo Disneyland.

Malaysia

• Miri: Miri Christmas Parade. Held annually since 2008. (Article)

Philippines

• Bay City, Metro Manila: The Grand Festival of Lights Parade. Annual Christmas parade staged by SM Mall of Asia, on each Saturday evening leading up to Christmas. (Article)
• San Fernando: Giant Lantern Parade. Part of the annual Giant Lantern Festival.

South Korea

• Yongin: Everland Christmas Fantasy. Various daily Christmas themed parades held at the Everland theme park, annually in November and December.

Thailand

• Sakon Nakhon: Christmas Star Procession. Held annually since 1982. (Article)

Europe

Belgium

• Brussels and other Belgian cities: La Parade de Noël RTL. Annual Christmas parades held in Belgium, sponsored by television RTL-TVI and radio Bel RTL. (Website - French)

France

• Hautmont: La Parade Lumineuse magique (The Magic Luminous Parade). Held annually in December as part of the Hautmont Capitale de Noël (capital of Christmas) festivities. (Website - French)
• Paris: Disneyland Paris Christmas Parade

Germany

• Hamburg: Hamburger Weihnachtsparade (Hamburg Christmas parade). Held annually on all four Advent Saturdays. (Website - German)

Ireland

• Dingle, County Kerry: Wren's Day parades, held on 26 December, St. Stephen's Day. (Article)

Netherlands

• Valkenburg: Valkenburg Christmas Parade (Website - English version)

Spain

• Alcoy: Cabalgata de Reyes Magos de Alcoy (Cavalcade of Magi of Alcoy), held on the night of the 5th of January (night of the Three Wise Men), since the mid 19th century. (Article)
• Barcelona: Three Kings’ Parade (a Cavalcada de Reis Mags d'Orient), held 5 January, attracting crowds up to 500,000. (Article)
• Madrid: La Cabalgata de los Reyes Magos de Madrid (The Cavalcade of the Magi from Madrid). (Spanish site)

Sweden

• Stockholm: Sankta Lucia procession, held annually on 13 December since 1927.

United Kingdom

England

• Birmingham: Birmingham Christmas Parade (Website)
• Buckingham: Buckingham Christmas Parade. Held annually since 1984 (Website)
• London: Hamleys Christmas Toy Parade. (Website)
• London: London's New Year's Day Parade. Held annually since 1987 (Website)
• Penzance: Montol Festival. Procession held annually on 21st December (Website)
• Windsor: Reindeer Parade (Website)

Scotland

• Edinburgh: Torchlight Procession. Held annually on the evening of the 30th of December, as the opening event of Edinburgh's Hogmanay festival. (Website)

Oceania

Australia

New South Wales

• Gerringong: Gerringong Christmas Street Parade (Article)
• Gosford: Gosford City Christmas Parade. Held annually since the 1950s. (Website)
• Sydney: Sydney Christmas Parade (Website)

Queensland

• Brisbane: Myer Christmas Parade and Pantomime (Article)
• Bundaberg: Pageant of Lights. Held annually in early December. (Website)
• Cooroy: Christmas in Cooroy. A two-day annual event, with the street parade held on the first Saturday in December (Website)
• Gold Coast: White Christmas (Warner Bros. Movie World)
• Ipswich: Christmas Parade of Lights (Article)
• Mooloolaba: Mooloolaba Christmas Boat Parade (Website)
• Rockhampton: Rockhampton Christmas Parade (Article)

South Australia

• Adelaide: Adelaide Christmas Pageant. Established in 1933, the event is staged on the second Saturday of November and draws crowds reaching 500,000. (Website)
• Glenelg: Glenelg Christmas Pageant. Held annually since 1954 ()
• Mount Gambier: Mount Gambier Christmas Parade. First held in 1959, the event is always staged on the third Saturday of November. (Website / History Article)
• Norwood: Norwood Christmas Pageant (Website)
• Port Adelaide: Twilight Christmas Parade (Website)
• Salisbury: Salisbury City Centre Christmas Parade (Website)
• Tanunda: Barossa Christmas Parade (Article)
• Whyalla: Whyalla Christmas Pageant (Website)

Tasmania

• Burnie: Burnie Christmas Parade
• George Town: George Town Annual Christmas Parade (Website)
• Hobart: Myer Hobart Christmas Pageant. Held on the third Saturday of November each year. (Website)
• Launceston: Apex Launceston Christmas Parade. Held on the last Saturday in November. (Website)
• Wynyard: Wynyard Christmas Parade (Article)

Victoria

• Geelong: Gala Day Parade. First held in 1916, to raise money for the Red Cross Society at the height of World War I. (Website)
• Melbourne: Myer Christmas Parade

Western Australia

• Albany: City of Albany Christmas Festival and Pageant (Website)
• Bunbury: City of Bunbury Christmas Carnival and Parade (Article)
• Mandurah: Mandurah Community Christmas Pageant (Website)
• Perth: Perth Christmas Pageant (Article)

New Zealand

• Auckland: Farmers Santa Parade (Website)
• Levin: Levin Christmas Parade

North America

Canada

Alberta

• Edmonton: Santa's Parade of Lights. (Website)

British Columbia

• Maple Ridge: Christmas in the Park and the Santa Claus Parade (Website)
• Nanaimo: Nanaimo's Annual Christmas Parade
• Surrey: Surrey's SANTA Parade of Lights, organized by the Cloverdale BIA (Website)
• Vancouver: Rogers' Santa Claus Parade (Website)
• Victoria: Island Farms Santa's Light Parade

Manitoba

• Winnipeg: Winnipeg Santa Parade (Website)

New Brunswick

• Quispamsis and Rothesay: Kennebecasis Valley Santa Claus Parade
• Moncton, Riverview, and Dieppe: Greater Moncton Santa Claus Parade

St Andrews: Saturday Dec 6th Fredericton: Saturday Nov 29th Caraquet: Saturday Nov 15th Sussex: Saturday Dec 6th Bathurst: Sunday Dec 7th

Newfoundland and Labrador

• St. John's: Downtown Christmas Parade. (Website)

Nova Scotia

• Christmas Parade of Lights- Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Halifax Christmas Parades- Halifax, Nova Scotia

Ontario

		Town	Name	Route	Organizers, notes	Website
CA	ON	Acton	Acton Firefighters Santa Claus Parade			Website
CA	ON	Ajax	Santa Claus Parade			Website
CA	ON	Frankford	Santa Claus Parade	Frankford Arena on Picton Street, north to Trent Street, west on Mill Street to Wellington Street.		Website
CA	ON	Goderich	Santa Claus Parade	Circles The Square clockwise, West Street until Montreal Street		Article
CA	ON	Toronto	Toronto Santa Claus Parade		Independent organization, formally Eaton's
CA	ON	Toronto	Etobicoke Lakeshore Christmas Parade		Lakeshore Business Improvement Area	Website
CA	ON	Toronto	Weston Village Santa Claus Parade		Weston Village Business Improvement Area	Website
CA	ON	Toronto (The Beaches)	Hamper's Santa Claus Parade	Kingston Road from Victoria Park Avenue to Walter Street, up Walter, Lyall to Kimberley Avenue, ends on Swanwick Avenue.	Community Centre 55, Kingston Road Village's Business Association	Website
CA	ON	Trenton	Trenton Santa Claus Parade		Chamber Of Commerce-Quinte West	Website

• Beeton: Santa Claus Parade, route from Jackson Plaza to the Fairgrounds. (Article)
• Bowmanville: Santa Claus Parade (Website)
• Brampton: Brampton Santa Claus Parade organized by the Brampton Board of Trade (Website), Santa's Parade at Shoppers World Brampton (Website)
• Brantford: JCI Brantford Santa Claus Parade (Website)
• Brighton: Santa Claus Parade
• Brockville: Brockville Santa Claus Parade
• Bolton (part of Caledon): Christmas Parade, organized by the Kinsmen Club
• Carleton Place: Carleton Place Santa Claus Parade
• Deseronto: Santa Claus Parade (Website)
• Elora: Santa Claus Parade
• Fergus: Fergus Santa Claus Parade
• Georgetown: Annual Santa Claus Parade (Website)
• Guelph: Guelph Community Santa Claus Parade (Website)
• Grimsby: Grimsby Santa Claus Parade (Website)
• Hespeler (Cambridge): Hespeler Santa Claus Parade (Article)
• Kitchener-Waterloo: Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day Parade (held on Canadian Thanksgiving Day in October, Bavarian-themed) (Website)
• Markham: Markham Santa Claus Parade (Website)
• Mattawa: The Mattawa Santa Claus Parade
• Milton: Milton Santa Claus Parade (Website), Heritage Parade of Lights at Country Heritage Park (Website)
• Mississauga (Streetsville): Mississauga Santa Claus Parade (Website)
• Newcastle: Newcastle Santa Claus Parade
• North Bay: North Bay Santa Claus Parade
• Oakville: Oakville Santa Claus Parade (Website)
• Orillia: Orillia Santa Claus Parade
• Oshawa: Santa's Parade of Lights (Website)
• Ottawa: Barrhaven Lions Light Up The Night Parade, Annual Help Santa Toy Parade
• Pickering: Annual Kinsmen & Kinette Club Santa Claus Parade (Press release)
• Port Hope: Port Hope Santa Claus Parade (Website)
• Port Perry: Port Perry Santa Claus Parade
• Puslinch: Puslinch Santa Claus Parade
• Rockwood: Rockwood's Farmers' Santa Claus Parade of Lights (Website)
• Smith Falls: Smith Falls Santa Claus Parade
• Stratford: Santa's Parade of Lights (Website)
• Sturgeon Falls: The Sturgeon Falls Parade of Lights
• Timmins: Timmins Santa Claus Parade (Article)
• Uxbridge: Uxbridge Santa Claus Parade (Website)
• Vaughan: Vaughan Santa Claus Parade (SantaFest) (Website)
• Watford: Santa Claus Parade (Website)
• Whitby: JCI Whitby Santa Claus

Quebec

• Gatineau: Gatineau Santa Claus Parade
• Montreal: Montreal Santa Claus Parade

Yukon

• Whitehorse: Winterval Santa Parade (Article)

Mexico

• Irapuato, Guanajuato: Three Kings Parade (Cabalgata de Reyes Magos)
• Oaxaca City: Las Calendas Christmas processions. Held on the night of December 24, concluding the Las Posadas celebrations.
• Querétaro City: Desfile de Carro Biblicos (Biblical Float Parade). Held each year on Christmas Eve since 1828. (Article - Spanish)

United States

Alabama

• Montgomery: Hornet Homecoming Parade (held by Alabama State University)
• Opelika: Small scale community parade in Downtown Opelika with different schools, pagents,churches, businesses and community service operations. Held on the first Wednesday of November. Associated with "Christmas in a Railroad Town" also in Downtown Opelika.

Arizona

• Fountain Hills: Parada de los Cerros

California

• Anaheim: A Christmas Fantasy Parade at Disneyland Park
• Hollywood/Los Angeles: Hollywood Christmas Parade (Website)
• La Jolla: The Annual La Jolla Christmas Parade & Holiday Festival (Website)
• Montrose: Montrose Christmas Parade (Website)
• Newport Beach: The Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade (Website)
• Oakland: Comcast Oakland Holiday Parade - America's Children's Parade (Official Website)
• Palm Springs: Winter Festival of Lights (Official Website)
• Pasadena: Rose Parade (Official Website)
• Pasadena: Pasadena Doo Dah Parade (date varies)
• San Jose: San Jose Holiday Parade
• El Cajon: Mother Goose Parade (Website)
• Fresno: Downtown Fresno Christmas Parade (Website)
• Clovis: Clovis Children's Electric Christmas Parade (Website)
• Visalia Candy Cane Lane Parade (Website)
• Mecca CA, December 10, 2016. Date varies. Desfile de Luces.

Connecticut

• Stamford, Connecticut: UBS Parade Spectacular (held the Sunday before Thanksgiving to not directly compete with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 30 miles away)

Delaware

• Seaford, Delaware: Parade Spectacular Event. It is held the first Saturday of December. Christmas Carols at 6:00 pm, and Parade at 7:00 pm. Recognized as the largest Christmas Parade on Delmarva, we are sure you won’t be disappointed! Bring a chair or a blanket (or both!) for an enchanting evening. ]) (Website)

Florida

• High Springs: Annual Twilight Christmas Parade (Website)
• Little Havana: Parada de los Reyes Mago (Three Kings Parade), held annually since 1971 ()
• Ocala: Ocala / Marion County Christmas Parade (Website), sponsored by the Friends of the Christmas Parade, Inc.
• Orlando: Orlando Christmas Parade (Website), and Florida Citrus Parade (Website)
• Stuart: Stuart Christmas Parade (Website)
• Walt Disney World (Magic Kingdom): Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade, previously the "Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade" and the "Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade" (Tribute site)

Georgia

• Atlanta: Peach Bowl Parade around New Year's Day
• Atlanta: Children's Christmas Parade, first Saturday in December (second after Thanksgiving)
• Bainbridge: Boat Parade of Lights
• Bainbridge: Bainbridge Christmas Parade
• Rome: Rome Christmas Parade
• Valdosta: Valdosta Christmas Parade

Hawaii

• Waikiki: Waikiki Holiday Parade (Website)

Illinois

• Bradley: Bradley Christmas Fantasy Parade (Website)
• Chicago: State Street Thanksgiving Day Parade/McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade (Website)
• Chicago: Magnificent Mile Lights Festival Tree-Lighting Parade (Website)
• Granite City, Illinois Santa's Holiday Ave. Parade Every year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
• Havana: Christmas Parade (Website)
• O'Fallon: Illuminated Christmas Parade (Website)
• Peoria: Santa Claus Parade (Website)
• St. Charles: St. Charles Holiday Homecoming and Electric Christmas Parade (Website)
• Streator: Annual Santa Claus Parade (Website)
• State-wide: List of Christmas parades (State-wide listing)

Indiana

• Noblesville: Christmas parade
• State-wide: List of Christmas parades (State-wide listing)

Iowa

• Boone: Holiday Lighted Parade (Article)

Kentucky

• Owensboro: Owensboro-Daviess County Christmas Parade - Where Kentucky Starts Christmas (Website)

Louisiana

• New Orleans: Bayou Classic Thanksgiving Day Parade (Website)

Maryland

• Hampden, Baltimore: The Mayor's Annual Christmas Parade (Website)
• Cambridge: Cambridge-Dorchester County Christmas Parade (Website)
• Westminster, Maryland: "Miracle on Main Street Holiday Electric Parade" (Website)

Massachusetts

• North Attleborough: The Downtown Associates of North Attleborough (DANA) Annual Santa Claus Parade North Attleborough Santa Parade
• Plymouth: America's Hometown Thanksgiving Parade (Website)

Michigan

• Blissfield: Holiday Parade (Website)
• Chelsea: Chelsea Hometown Holidays and Light Parade (Website)
• Coopersville: Annual Nighttime Christmas Parade ()
• Detroit: America's Thanksgiving Parade (Website)
• Garden City: Downtown Garden City Santaland Parade(Website)
• Lansing: Silver Bells in the City Website)
• Marlette: Marlette Country Christmas Parade (Website)
• Marshall: Annual Holiday Parade (Website)
• Mount Clemens: Mount Clemens Santa Parade (Website)
• Northville: Holiday Lighted Parade (Website)
• Rochester: Rochester Hometown Christmas Parade (Website)
• Saline: Saline's Annual Holiday Parade (Website)
• State-wide: List of Christmas parades (State-wide listing)]

Minnesota

• Minneapolis: The Minneapolis Holidazzle Parade/Target Holidazzle Parade multiple nights at the Nicollet Mall (Website)

Mississippi

• Greenwood, Mississippi Roy Martin Delta Band Festival Holiday parade is held each year on the first Friday of December followed by fireworks over the Yazoo River

Missouri

• Kansas City, MO: The Holiday Promenade of Stars Parade (Website)
• St. Louis: Ameren St. Louis Thanksgiving Day Parade (Website)
• Jefferson City, MO: The Jefferson City Christmas Parade.

New Jersey

• Bridgeton: Greater Bridgeton Area Holiday Parade, organized by the Bridgeton Main Street Association (Website)
• Burlington: at Burlington Center Mall
• Stone Harbor: Stone Harbor Christmas Parade (Website)
• Cherry Hill: at Cherry Hill Mall.
• Jersey City: Santa's Arrival Parade at the Newport Centre Mall. (Article)
• Raritan: John basilone parade
• Voorhees Township: Parade is part of the Tree Lighting Ceremony at Voorhees Town Center.
• Westwood: Westwood Holiday Parade ()
• Woodbridge: Woodbridge Township Holiday Parade (Press release), Annual Santa Arrival Parade in Woodbridge Center mall (Website)

New Mexico

• Albuquerque: Twinkle Light Parade (Website)

New York

• Clayton: Clayton Christmas Parade
• Frewsburg: Frewsburg Old Fashioned Santa Parade (held Saturday after Thanksgiving)
• Jamestown: Wide World of Christmas Parade
• New York City: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ()
• Olean: Santa Claus Lane Parade
• Watertown: Holiday Parade

North Carolina

• Charlotte: Novant Health Thanksgiving Day Parade
• Raleigh: Raleigh Christmas Parade
• Greensboro: Greensboro Jaycees Christmas Parade

North Dakota

• Fargo-Moorhead: "Xcel Energy Holiday Lights Parade" (Website)

Ohio

• Cambridge: "A Dickens of a Christmas" Holiday Parade (Website)
• Carroll, Ohio: "Carroll Old Timers Festival Aug 21st -Aug 23rd Parade on Aug. 23rd" (Website)
• Fairborn: Christmas Parade (Website)
• Gahanna: Lighted Nighttime Parade (Website)
• Granville: Christmas Parade
• Greenville: Hometown Holiday Parade (Website)
• Lancaster: Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade (Website)
• Lebanon: Horse-drawn Carriage Parade (Website)
• Marion: Christmas Parade
• Shandon: Christmas in the Country Parade
• Steubenville: Downtown Christmas Parade (Website)
• Toledo: Downtown Holiday Parade (Website)
• Waverly: Jingle Bell Parade Weekend
• State-wide: List of Christmas parades (State-wide listing)

Oklahoma

• Ada: Christmas Parade ()
• Waurika: Christmas Parade () (Second weekend in December)

Oregon

• Bend: Bend Christmas Parade (Website)
• Pendleton: Pendleton Christmas Carriage Parade
• Portland: Macy's Holiday Parade
• Portland: Christmas Ship Parade (Website)

Pennsylvania

• Bradford: Cruisin' into Christmas Parade
• North Wales: Santa Arrival Parade at Montgomery Mall
• Philadelphia: 6abc Dunkin' Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade
• Philadelphia: Mummers Parade on New Year's Day
• Pittsburgh: Celebrate the Season Parade
• Scranton: Greater Scranton Jaycees Santa Parade (Website)
• State College: Penn State Homecoming Parade (Website)

South Carolina

• Boykin, Kershaw County, South Carolina: Boykin Christmas Parade (Sunday before Christmas)
• Camden, South Carolina: Kershaw County Christmas Parade (Second Saturday in December)
• Columbia, South Carolina: Carillon Parade (First week in December)
• Elgin, South Carolina: Elgin Catfish Stomp (First Saturday in December)
• Lugoff, South Carolina: Lights of Lugoff (Week after Elgin Catfish Stomp)
• Rock Hill, South Carolina: Light the Night Christmas Parade (First week in December)

South Dakota

• Rapid City, South Dakota: Christmas Light Parade (Two Saturday's after Thanksgiving)

Tennessee

• Nashville: Annual Donelson-Hermitage Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade
• Nashville: Annual Nashville Gas Christmas Parade (Website)
• Parrottsville: Annual Parrottsville Christmas Parade (website)

Texas

• Dallas: Comerica Bank New Year's Parade
• Dallas: Children's Health Holiday Parade
• El Paso: First Light Federal Credit Union Sun Bowl Parade (Website)

  Note: Contrary to the Sun Bowl being played on New Year's Eve, the associated parade is actually held on Thanksgiving.

• Houston: H-E-B Holiday Parade (Website)

Virginia

• Chesapeake: Christmas Tree Lighting and Parade (Website)
• Leesburg: Annual Christmas and Holiday Parade (Website)
• Norfolk: Grand Illumination Parade (Website)
• Purcellville: Christmas Parade (Website)
• Richmond: Dominion Christmas Parade (Website)
• Virginia Beach: Light Up the Town (Website)

West Virginia

• Wheeling: Perkins Restaurant & Bakery Fantasy in Lights Parade

Wisconsin

• Appleton: The Annual Downtown Appleton Christmas Parade (Website)
• Berlin: Holiday Parade (Website)
• Jefferson: Parade of Lights (Website)
• Menomonie: WinterDaze Holiday Parade (Website)
• Mukwonago: Midnight Magic (Website)
• Omro: Holiday Parade & Celebration (Website)
• Sauk City: Holiday Light Parade (Website)
• Sheboygan Falls: Main Street Memories and Holiday Parade (Website)
• State-wide: List of Christmas parades (State-wide listing)

South America

Colombia

• Medellín: es:Desfile de Mitos y Leyendas (Parade of Myths and Legends). Held annually on 7 December since 1974.

See also

• Santa Claus parade
• List of objects dropped on New Year's Eve
• Saint Patrick's Day#Parades

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