Crowds delight in sights, sounds of Raleigh Christmas Parade
More than 60,000 people lined the streets of downtown Raleigh Saturday morning for the 70th anniversary of the WRAL-TV Raleigh Christmas Parade, presented by Shop Local Raleigh.
Posted — UpdatedThe parade stepped off at 10 a.m.
This year’s parade featured 115 entries, including marching bands, festive floats, giant balloons, animals, entertainers, specialty vehicles, plus special holiday surprises. And as always, a special North Pole visitor made an appearance at the end of the parade.
The parade route is 1.2 miles long, starting at the corner of Hillsborough and St. Mary’s streets. The parade traveled east on Hillsborough Street, turned south at the Capitol on Salisbury Street, east on Morgan and then made a final turn down Fayetteville Street.
This is the 41st consecutive year that the event will be broadcast live by WRAL-TV.
The holiday fun doesn't stop when the parade ends.
WRAL.com will have the full parade and individual video segments available on demand, plus hundreds of photos of marchers, bands, floats and the crowd.
The parade will be replayed on television each Saturday in December at 10 a.m. on WRAL2, plus a special holiday presentation on WRAL-TV at 4 p.m. on Christmas Day.
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