The annual Christmas parade along Falls Road and the Avenue is getting some national hype – but is it better than the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade?
The answer is yes, according to current results for a USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice poll. The Mayor’s Annual Christmas Parade, now in its 45th year, is included on a list of the 20 best holiday parades around the country. As of Tuesday afternoon, voters have put Hampden/Medfield at fourth place, behind only Philadelphia’s Mummers Parade, Portland’s Christmas Ship Parade and America’s Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit.
“For the last 44 years, business associations in Baltimore’s Hampden and Medfield neighborhoods have sponsored the annual Mayor’s Christmas Parade,” a blurb on the poll website reads. “The procession along a 2.5-mile parade route includes floats, local TV personalities, a steam calliope, marching bands, Santa and more than 100 Harley Davidson motorcycles.”
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