holiday parade

Seasonal street celebration

A holiday parade is a public procession celebrating a particular holiday, typically featuring floats, marching bands, and costumed participants.

Cities hold holiday parades for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Independence Day, and other occasions: We took the kids downtown for the holiday parade.

The term often specifically means a Christmas or winter holiday parade when the holiday isn't named.

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streamers · balloons · Santa · drums · crowd · cheering · baton · majorette · candy · candy canes · hot cocoa · waving · tinsel · spectators · sidewalk · banners · costumes · street performers

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Formal journey to interment

funeral march · death march · memorial march · mourning procession · protest march

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holiday paradeworkday

Standard labor period

rush hour traffic · business as usual · office hours · everyday life

public visibility and gathering

holiday paradestaying home

Not going out

private party · hermitage

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