Ocean Beach's Holiday Parade Takes Over Newport Avenue at Sunset on December 5
Ocean Beach, the beach community in the City of San Diego in San Diego County, California, holds its annual Holiday Parade at sunset on Saturday, December 5: the community holiday tree is lit at 5 p.m. and the parade steps off down Newport Avenue at 5:05 p.m. Watching is free.
This year's theme is "Jingle Jungle Boogie!" Organizers count more than 100 entries — floats, marching groups, schools, local businesses and families — in what is one of San Diego's most community-driven holiday parades. The event is stewarded by the Ocean Beach Community Foundation together with Love Thy Neighborhood, with support from the Ocean Beach MainStreet Association.
The tradition has run for more than 40 years with an "any float counts" spirit: decorated trucks and golf carts, surf shops, dance groups, dogs and families on foot all join the lineup, giving it a character unlike San Diego's more formal parades.
Residents who cannot attend can watch through the MainStreet Association's live camera on Newport Avenue. Organizers suggest arriving early, with parking at Robb Field and the beach lots.
(Source: Ocean Beach Community Foundation)
Source: Ocean Beach Community Foundation
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Photo: 图片来源：Wikimedia Commons「Foot of Newport at Ocean Beach Shoreline, San Diego, California」（John Fry Productions，公共领域），图中为 Ocean Beach Newport 大道尽头的海岸，游行沿此大道举行 Image: Wikimedia Commons "Foot of Newport at Ocean Beach Shoreline, San Diego, California" (John Fry Productions, public domain); the foot of Newport Avenue in Ocean Beach — the parade rolls down this avenue
