Seal Beach's 48th Christmas Parade Steps Off December 4 With a Red, White and Blue Theme
The 48th Seal Beach Christmas Parade steps off on Friday, December 4, at 7 p.m. in Seal Beach, in Orange County, California. The route runs three blocks along Main Street from the Seal Beach Pier to Pacific Coast Highway; final entries start by 8:10 p.m., the parade ends about 8:30 p.m., and watching is free.
This year's theme is "A Red, White & Blue Christmas," celebrating 250 years of American freedom. The Seal Beach Lions Foundation, which produces the parade, counts nearly 100 entries and more than 3,000 participants, entertaining roughly 11,000 spectators along the route. This year's Grand Marshal, Bob Griffith, will cut the ribbon to start the parade.
Seal Beach calls itself "Mayberry by the Sea," and the hometown parade — marching bands, floats, community groups and Santa Claus himself in the final entry — is the small coastal city's signature event of the year.
The parade is produced by the Seal Beach Lions Foundation with support from the City of Seal Beach. Entries must be lined up by 6 p.m., and streets around the Main Street route close in stages that evening, so drivers should plan for detours and parking.
(Source: Seal Beach Lions Foundation)
Source: Seal Beach Lions Foundation
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Photo: 图片来源：Wikimedia Commons「A.J. Summers Memorial Tower, Seal Beach」（Mike Peel 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0），图中为 Seal Beach 码头上的救生总塔，游行自码头一端出发 Image: Wikimedia Commons "A.J. Summers Memorial Tower, Seal Beach" (Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0); the lifeguard headquarters tower on Seal Beach Pier, where the parade route begins
