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🎄 Wilmington’s biggest holiday tradition is back for year 62! 🎄Grab the family, bundle up, and claim your spot on Market Street. The Wilmington Jaycees Christmas Parade fills downtown with marching bands, floats, vintage cars, dance teams, holiday characters, and of course, Santa himself. 🎅
📅 Saturday, November 28, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM
📍 Market Street, Downtown Wilmington. The parade steps off at 2nd & Market and heads north to 11th, ending near Rodney Square.
✉️ LETTERS TO SANTA
Kids, bring your letter! Santa’s elves will be collecting them along the route. Include a return mailing address and Santa will write back in December.
🛍️ SHOP SMALL
The parade lands on Small Business Saturday. Make a day of it: grab lunch and knock out some holiday shopping at downtown Wilmington’s local shops and restaurants after the floats roll by.
⭐ TIPS FOR PARADE DAY
Get there early for a curbside spot. The reviewing stand is at 10th & Market.
Dress warm and bring a chair or blanket for the little ones.
Free to watch, and everyone’s welcome.
🙌 WANT TO BE PART OF IT?
We need a few dozen volunteers on parade morning to line up floats and work the route. No experience needed, and you’re done by early afternoon. Businesses and organizations can also sponsor the parade or enter a unit: wilmingtonjaycees.org/parade-sponsorship
Questions? [email protected]
The Wilmington Jaycees have run this parade for more than six decades. Doing Good, Having Fun, Since 1941.
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200 N Market St, Wilmington, DE 19801-2528, United States
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