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The Christmas Ships Parade, or Christmas Ship Parade, [1] is an annual Christmas ships parade in Portland, Oregon, United States. The tradition was established by a single boat in 1954. [2] The 57th annual parade was held in 2019. [3] A virtual event was held in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. [citation needed]
Private boats decorated for the season may follow the lead boat. [5] Portland, Oregon has hosted a Christmas ships festival since 1954 on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. [6] The boat parades occur most nights for several weeks in December. Newport Beach, California hosts the Newport Beach Christmas boat parade.
Lighted boats depart from Clover Island near the cable bridge at 6 p.m. Dec. 1 and 2. Each night a parade of boats outfitted in holiday lights will motor up the Columbia River on the Kennewick side.
Hobe Sound Christmas Parade. Start time: 1 p.m. Dec. 2. Parade route: Dixie Highway from Venus Street to Bridge Road, turns on Hercules Avenue to end at J.V. Reed Park. Website: hobesound.org ...
In 2018, KGW called the event "a stroke of Portland genius" and said, "You know you've hit big time when the Portland Fire & Rescue Bureau sends a boat to send up huge water jets usually worthy for a Rose Festival Navy Fleet Arrival." [13] In 2018–2019, paddle boarders traveled from Willamette Park to Tom McCall Waterfront Park and back.
10 Christmas boat parades and holiday street parades on the Treasure Coast. Times, dates, parade routes, best viewing spots and more information.
A typical daytime scene on the waterfront (June 2014) Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park is a 36.59-acre (148,100 m 2) park located in downtown Portland, Oregon, along the Willamette River.
Here are eight Beaufort County and Hilton Head area Christmas festivities to enjoy soon.