{"id":26405,"date":"2019-11-23T19:40:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T19:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=26405"},"modified":"2019-11-23T19:40:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T19:40:14","slug":"thanksgiving-parades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/thanksgiving-parades\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Signals Start of Holiday Parades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/holpar.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you love a parade, you are in for a treat when the holiday parades begin to roll down local California streets the day after Thanksgiving. While New York City is known for its annual Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade taking place on November 28, 2019, California has its own tradition that&#8217;s slightly different but every bit as spectacular. On Thanksgiving weekend the streets of Hollywood bustle with huge crowds who come to see the stars in cars riding down Hollywood Boulevard for the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/parades\/hollywood-christmas-parade.html\">Hollywood Christmas Parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mario Lopez is Grand Marshal.<\/li>\n<li>Erik Estrada, Laura McKenzie, Dean Cain, Montel Williams and Elizabeth Stanton are parade announcers and hosts.<\/li>\n<li>Dionne Warwick, Jesse &amp; Joy, Shelea and many more are scheduled to perform at this year&#8217;s event.<\/li>\n<li>Hollywood Christmas Parade celebrates 88 years!<\/li>\n<li>See the TV broadcast on CW Network Friday, December 13, 2019, 8 p.m. ET \/ PT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/parades\/california-christmas-parades.html\">Thanksgiving Weekend Parades<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>ANGELS CAMP: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/parades\/angels-camp-christmas-parade.html\">Angels Camp Lighted Christmas Parade<\/a>\u00a0 Saturday, November 30, 2019<\/p>\n<p>ARROYO GRANDE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/parades\/arroyo-grande-parade.html\">South County Holiday Parade<\/a>\u00a0Sunday, December 1, 2019<\/p>\n<p>HOLLISTER: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/parades\/hollister-holiday-lights-parade.html\"> Lights On Christmas Parade<\/a>\u00a0Saturday, November 30, 2019<\/p>\n<p>HOLLYWOOD: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/parades\/hollywood-christmas-parade.html\"> Hollywood Celebrity Christmas Parade<\/a> Sunday, December 1, 2019<\/p>\n<p>LOS ALTOS: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/parades\/los-altos.html\">Festival of Lights Parade<\/a> Sunday, December 1, 2019<\/p>\n<p>MOUNT SHASTA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/parades\/mount-shasta.html\">Hometown Holiday Lighted Parade<\/a> Friday, November 29, 2019<\/p>\n<p>SANTA PAULA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/parades\/santa-paula-christmas-parade.html\">Christmas Parade on Main<\/a> Saturday, November 30, 2019<\/p>\n<p>SALINAS: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/parades\/salinas-christmas-parade.html\"> Holiday Parade of Lights<\/a> Sunday, December 1, 2019<\/p>\n<p>VISALIA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/parades\/visalia-candy-cane-parade.html\">Candy Cane Lane Parade<\/a> Monday, December 2, 2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you love a parade, you are in for a treat when the holiday parades begin to roll down local California streets the day after Thanksgiving. 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