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A rocket ship float with Santa Claus during a Christmas parade in Los Angeles, 1940. The Christmas parade is a direct descendant of late Medieval and Renaissance revivals of Roman Triumphs, which had music and banners, wagons filled with the spoils of war, and climaxed with the dux riding in a chariot, preferably drawn by two horses, and thus called the biga.
NORAD updated its map in real time to show Santa's locations on his trip around the world. Santa's progress was shown on a live map on NORAD's website and updates are posted on the agency's ...
Registration to participate in the parade is not required and lineup will begin at 2 p.m. Along Historic Main Street, the annual Christmas on Main Street celebration will take place 9 a.m.-5 p.m ...
Last year, just 17.6% of the Lower 48 experienced a white Christmas. This was the lowest percentage since records began in 2003.Outside of the West's higher elevations, there was an area of snow ...
The Blizzard of 1999 was a strong winter snowstorm which struck the Midwestern United States and portions of central and eastern Canada, hitting hardest in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, southern Ontario, and southern Quebec dumping as much as 60 centimetres (2 ft) of snow in many areas.
A major ice storm struck central portions of the state. After the storm, a record low was set on Christmas Day when the temperature fell to −8 °F (−22 °C) at Paducah. A total of 168,000 customers experienced power failure. Two perished statewide.
The second annual Christmas in the Village festival will be held from 4-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1 and 2-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Peoria Riverfront Museum, 222 SW Washington St.
After the parade, visitors are welcomed to stay in Washington Park for the "after-parade-activities". The "after-parade-activities" has various festivities and vendor booths. [31] The post–parade festivities often include a concert. The 2006 parade featured Yung Joc, [85] and the 2007 parade featured Pretty Ricky.