Tyler, Longview Hold Christmas Parades
Posted/updated on: December 1, 2016 at 5:49 pm
EAST TEXAS — It’s Christmas parade time in East Texas, and Tyler’s and Longview’s are both set for Thursday. The Rotary Clubs of Tyler Christmas Parade will start at 6:00pm in downtown Tyler. The parade will be followed by the 31st Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at the T.B. Butler Fountain Plaza. Lighting the tree will be this year’s Children’s Miracle Network Miracle Child, 14-year-old Destiny Miriah Williams.
The Longview AMBUCS Christmas Parade is put on by the City of Longview Main Street and Longview AMBUCS. It kicks off at 6:30pm at the intersection of Whaley and Green, traveling West on Whaley to Horaney, south on Horaney, turning to go east on Methvin past the beautifully lit Gregg County Courthouse, and past the reviewing stand in the Regions Bank Parking Lot. The parade will disband at Methvin and Third.
