{"id":52161,"date":"2024-11-27T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T05:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=52161"},"modified":"2024-11-27T00:01:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T05:01:47","slug":"43rd-annual-lakeland-christmas-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/11\/27\/43rd-annual-lakeland-christmas-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"43rd\u00a0ANNUAL LAKELAND CHRISTMAS PARADE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Lakeland\u00a0Christmas\u00a0Parade\u00a0is a time-honored tradition, enjoyed by the community for generations.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 43rd Annual Lakeland Christmas Parade will be held on\u00a0Thursday, December 5th, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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The event\u00a0will\u00a0start with\u00a0a dazzling fireworks\u00a0display over Lake Mirror at 7 p.m.\u00a0 As the first firework is launched, the\u00a0parade\u00a0will\u00a0officially begin.\u00a0Leaving the RP Funding Center, the 1.25-mile parade route travels down Lemon Street toward downtown.\u00a0 The parade then turns at Main Street to Cedar Street and winds around Lake Mirror, travels Orange Street, and ends at the RP Funding Center.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lakeland Christmas Parade includes floats, marching bands, and decorated trailers.  The parade will end with everyone\u2019s favorite, Mr. and Mrs. Claus atop their sleigh.  The theme for this year\u2019s parade is Christmas at Swan Lake <\/em>with each float incorporating the theme into their design. Each year, parade participants compete to win special recognition in eight categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Most outstanding band<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Most original float<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Best professional float<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Best youth or educational float<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Best community float<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Best business float<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Best theme float<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Judge\u2019s choice<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    The City asks that no chairs be placed on the parade route until the day of the parade. Fire Chief Doug Riley says, \u201cWe understand people want a good vantage point to watch the parade.  Unfortunately, we have chairs blocking sidewalks and crosswalks days before the parade.\u201d  Police Chief Sammy Taylor adds, \u201cThis causes a major hazard, especially for those in our community that use wheelchairs and walkers to get around.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The City will remove\/relocate chairs that are totally blocking sidewalks, in the way of crosswalks and hindering the use of disabled parking spaces.  \u201cWe understand the excitement surrounding this event, but we are also concerned about the safety of all citizens.\u201d  Riley and Taylor said, \u201cPlease, no chairs on the parade route before the day of the parade.\u201d  Chairs, tape, blankets, and other materials used to save viewing spaces will be removed if placed in public right-of-way before the day of the parade. Residents unable to make the parade in person are encouraged to watch live on Spectrum Channel 643, and FiOS Channel 43.  The broadcast will also be streamed on www.lakelandgov.net<\/a> and be available as video on demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This busy time of year begins on the first week of December with the Lakeland Christmas Parade, First Friday on December 6, and Snowfest on December 7. Santa\u2019s Calling will take place on December 10 and the Holly Jog Jingle Bell Jog on December 14. The City of Lakeland wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a very joyous holiday season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Lakeland\u00a0Christmas\u00a0Parade\u00a0is a time-honored tradition, enjoyed by the community for generations.\u00a0 The 43rd Annual Lakeland Christmas Parade will be held on\u00a0Thursday, December 5th, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. The event\u00a0will\u00a0start with\u00a0a… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"12","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNFwvMTFcL1NhbnRhLTExNDB4NjgwLTEud2VicD9maXQ9MTAyNCUyQzYxMSZzc2w9MSIsInR4dCI6IjQzcmRcdTAwYTBBTk5VQUwgTEFLRUxBTkQgQ0hSSVNUTUFTIFBBUkFERSIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiaGlnaHdheSIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0._Z-57CFnIufYBfILz9V_im8nNzCVwKnRYGhBUrnCOOoMQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":52163,"url":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Santa-1140x680-1.webp","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[10407],"class_list":["post-52161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-43rd-annual-lakeland-christmas-parade"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52164,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52161\/revisions\/52164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}