rockpzazz Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Does anyone go to any Thanksgiving or Christmas parades? My town of about 800 has a Christmas parade about two weeks before Christmas, but it lasts like 10 minutes. I was just curious if and where you go for parades, and what is you favorite places to go. I've always wanted to go to New York to the Macy's Day Parade, but doubt I ever will. I was very close to attending the St. Louis Holiday Parade a few years ago while my sister was in the hospital for chemo, but luckily she was released the night before so we didn't have to deal with traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanyon71 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I've been to one in Downtown Detroit that they do every year for Thanksgiving. Was a while ago though. We want to take our daughter to one at some point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara3117 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 My city has a decent Santa parade the Sunday before Thanksgiving. There's usually several local marching bands and some floats from local businesses and churches. My kids love it. I want to go to NYC for the Macy's parade too. One of my coworkers has been a few times because his aunt lives in Brooklyn. I think the only way to do it is to watch it close to the start. You couldn't pay me enough to watch it on 5th Avenue. Nope. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bopeep Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 The Oklahoma City Stockyards does a Cowboy Christmas Parade every year. Every year, I think "I just might get up and go to that this year", and every year I don't. Maybe I'll go this year. The grands would love it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flosmoney Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Okc downtown has a parade and part is on the river. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpzazz Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 Okc downtown has a parade and part is on the river. Nice. That reminds me of the river parade in San Antonio I saw on TV a few years ago. It was awesome, and made me want to go see it. The next year or two they cancelled it, but I'm not sure if they ever brought it back or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesusluvu Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 We go tot he Christmas parade every year and then go to dennys. It is a tradition but the last few years there service has been horrible so we may switch to ihop. It last about 1 to 1.5 hours. Lot of school bands, dance teams, etc but it is so wonderful. I work downtown so its nice to view with space and warmth at times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevierocks Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 i was going to go to the parade tonight.. it is a christmas parade my State has . Chris is a firefighter , so he came home and told me about it after they were decorating the fire trucks.. every town (that wants to be in it) decorates their fire trucks and all the fire trucks o to the parade. oddly this town only had 2 people in the parade in sept.(chris and one other) but i guess more go to the christmas one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesusluvu Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Looks like I will be going to 3 different parades. 2 small city parades and the big one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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