Winslow will welcome the holiday season with its 69th annual Christmas parade beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21. This year’s theme is The Sights and Sounds of Christmas, and Dale and Sue Hancock will serve as the grand marshals for the event.
The parade provides residents and guests from all around the state a joyful holiday experience. What began in 1946 as an event that would kick off the holiday season and encourage citizens to shop local now brings in crowds of up to 20,000, making Winslow’s Christmas parade the largest and longest running in all of northern Arizona.
As part of the event, Second and Third streets will be lined with vendors selling arts and crafts, clothing, jewelry, toys, holiday decorations and more, including snacks, meals, sweets and treats.
Santa Claus will be visiting on parade day, too. Young children can meet with him to get a goody bag and let him know what’s on their Christmas wish lists. He will be at the Visitor Center/Winslow Chamber of Commerce, located at 523 W. Second St., from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
Entries so far include those from the Damage Control: DC Restoration, Navajo County Sheriff KC Clark and other county dignitaries, the U.S. Forest Service, Navajo County employees and families, Sonic Drive-Thru, Chinle High School Junior ROTC, American Red Cross, Winslow Health Care Center, Arizona Department of Corrections, Hopi Junior/Senior High School Varsity Cheer Team, Hashknife Posse, High Desert Dance Academy, Northern Arizona Antique Tractor & Engine Association, Cellular One, Winslow Council on Aging Active Adult Community Center, Hopi Junior/Senior High School ROTC, Flag Kennel Club K-9 Drill Team, Way Out West, Tsidi To’ii Veterans Organization, Winslow Justice of the Peace BJ Little, Winslow High School Band, Dilkon Community School, Carlie Hancock, Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick, Shriners of Phoenix, Little Singer Community School, Red Sands Christian School, Winslow Folkloric Group, Twin Arrows Casino & Resort, Arizona Public Service Co., Hopi Junior/Senior High School Band and Keams Canyon Elementary School.
