The following is a list of holiday parades that occur between Thanksgiving Day (in the U.S.) and early January, coinciding with the Christmas and holiday season.
Africa
South Africa Cape Town: Kaapse Klopse (Cape Town Minstrel Carnival), held annually on 2 January (Second New Year)
Asia
India Kolkata: Kolkata Christmas Festival. Parade held along Park Street in the week prior to Christmas.:)
Japan Osaka: Universal Studios Christmas parade. Annual parades staged in the lead up to Christmas, hosted by Universal Studios Japan Tokyo: Disney Christmas stories. Annual parade staged by Tokyo Disneyland.
Malaysia Miri: Miri Christmas Parade. Held annually since 2008.
Philippines Bay City, Metro Manila: The Grand Festival of Lights Parade. Annual Christmas parade staged by SM Mall of Asia, on each Saturday evening leading up to Christmas. San Fernando: Giant Lantern Parade. Part of the annual Giant Lantern Festival.
South Korea Yongin: Everland Christmas Fantasy. Various daily Christmas themed parades held at the Everland theme park, annually in November and December.
Thailand Sakon Nakhon: Christmas Star Procession. Held annually since 1982.
Europe
Belgium Brussels and other Belgian cities: La Parade de Noël RTL. Annual Christmas parades held in Belgium, sponsored by television RTL-TVI and radio Bel RTL.
Finland
Helsinki: Helsinki Christmas Parade. Held annually in late November since 1949, as part of the Opening of the Aleksanterinkatu Christmas Street festivities.
France Hautmont: La Parade Lumineuse magique (The Magic Luminous Parade). Held annually in December as part of the Hautmont Capitale de Noël (capital of Christmas) festivities. Paris: Disneyland Paris Christmas Parade
Germany Hamburg: Hamburger Weihnachtsparade (Hamburg Christmas parade). Held annually on all four Advent Saturdays.
Ireland Dingle, County Kerry: Wren's Day parades, held on 26 December, Saint Stephen's Day. (Article)
Netherlands Valkenburg: Valkenburg Christmas Parade
Spain Alcoy: Cabalgata de Reyes Magos de Alcoy (Cavalcade of Magi of Alcoy), held on the night of January 5 (night of the Three Wise Men), since the mid 19th century. (Article) Barcelona: Three Kings’ Parade (a Cavalcada de Reis Mags d'Orient), held 5 January, attracting crowds up to 500,000. (Article) Madrid: La Cabalgata de los Reyes Magos de Madrid (The Cavalcade of the Magi from Madrid). (Spanish site)
Sweden Stockholm: Sankta Lucia procession, held annually on 13 December since 1927.
United Kingdom
England Birmingham: Birmingham Christmas Parade Buckingham: Buckingham Christmas Parade. Held annually since 1984 London: Hamleys Christmas Toy Parade London: London's New Year's Day Parade Penzance: Montol Festival. Procession held annually on 21 December Windsor: Reindeer Parade
Scotland Edinburgh: Torchlight Procession. Held annually on the evening of December 30, as the opening event of Edinburgh's Hogmanay festival.
Oceania
Australia
New South Wales Gerringong: Gerringong Christmas Street ParadeFestive spirit on show in Gerringong parade Illawarra Mercury Gosford: Gosford City Christmas Parade. Held annually since the 1950s. Sydney: Sydney Christmas Parade
Queensland Brisbane: Myer Christmas Parade and PantomimeChristmas parade lights up city centre Brisbane Times 13 December 2013 Bundaberg: Pageant of Lights. Held annually in early December. Cooroy: Christmas in Cooroy. A two-day annual event, with the street parade held on the first Saturday in December Gold Coast: White Christmas (Warner Bros. Movie World) Ipswich: Christmas Parade of LightsCity lights up for our big parade Queensland Times Mooloolaba: Mooloolaba Christmas Boat Parade Rockhampton: Rockhampton Christmas ParadeThousands line Musgrave St for Rockhampton Christmas parade The Morning Bulletin6 November 2014
South Australia Adelaide: Adelaide Christmas Pageant. Established in 1933, the event is staged on the second Saturday of November and draws crowds reaching 500,000. Blackwood: Blackwood Christmas Pageant. Typically held first Friday in December. Glenelg: Glenelg Christmas Pageant. Held annually since 1954Glenelg celebrates 60 years of the Christmas Pageant City of Holdfast Bay Mount Barker: Mount Barker Christmas Pageant. Held first Saturday in December. Mount Gambier: Mount Gambier Christmas Parade. First held in 1959, the event is always staged on the third Saturday of NovemberFriday Rewind: Mt Gambier Christmas parade - fires on floats and the 'ladies' of OGR ABC South East SA 14 November 2014 Norwood: Norwood Christmas Pageant Port Adelaide: Twilight Christmas Parade Salisbury: Salisbury City Centre Christmas Parade Tanunda: Barossa Christmas ParadeBarossa Christmas Parade Barossa & Light Herald 26 December 2014 Whyalla: Whyalla Christmas Pageant
Tasmania Burnie: Burnie Christmas Parade George Town: George Town Annual Christmas Parade Hobart: Myer Hobart Christmas Pageant. Held on the third Saturday of November each year. Launceston: Apex Launceston Christmas Parade. Held on the first Saturday in December. Wynyard: Wynyard Christmas ParadeThe 2014 Wynyard Christmas Parade The Advocate 24 December 2014
Victoria Geelong: Gala Day Parade. First held in 1916, to raise money for the Red Cross Society at the height of World War I. Melbourne: Myer Christmas Parade
Western Australia Albany: City of Albany Christmas Festival and Pageant Bunbury: City of Bunbury Christmas Carnival and ParadeCrowds flock to City of Bunbury Christmas carnival and parade Bunbury Mail Mandurah: Mandurah Community Christmas Pageant Perth: Perth Christmas PageantPerth Christmas pageant attracts massive crowds to city streets PerthNow
New Zealand Auckland: Farmers Santa Parade (4th Sunday of November) Christchurch: Christchurch Children's Christmas Parade Trust (1st Sunday of December) Dunedin: Dunedin Santa Parade (1st or 2nd Sunday of December) Hamilton: Hamilton Christmas Parade (2nd Sunday of December) Palmerston North: Palmerston North Christmas Parade (2nd Sunday of December) () Rotorua: Rotorua Christmas Parade (1st Saturday of December) Wellington: A Very Welly Christmas
North America
Bahamas Nassau: Boxing Day Junkanoo Parade. Part of the Bahamian national festival of Junkanoo
Canada
Alberta Edmonton: Santa's Parade of Lights.
British Columbia Maple Ridge: Christmas in the Park and the Santa Claus Parade Nanaimo: Nanaimo's Santa Claus Parade Surrey: Big Rig for Kids Lighted Truck Parade Surrey: Surrey Santa Parade of Lights Vancouver: Rogers' Santa Claus Parade Victoria: Island Farms Santa's Light Parade Victoria: Truck Light Convoy and Food Drive
Manitoba Winnipeg: Winnipeg Santa Parade
New Brunswick Quispamsis and Rothesay: Kennebecasis Valley Santa Claus Parade Moncton, Riverview, and Dieppe: Greater Moncton Santa Claus Parade St Andrews: Saturday Dec 6 Fredericton: Saturday Nov 29 Caraquet: Saturday Nov 15 Sussex: Saturday Dec 6 Bathurst: Sunday Dec 7
Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's: Downtown Christmas Parade.
Nova Scotia Christmas Parade of Lights- Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax Christmas Parades- Halifax, Nova Scotia
Ontario Acton: Acton Firefighters Santa Claus Parade Ajax: Santa Claus Parade Beeton: Santa Claus Parade, route from Jackson Plaza to the Fairgrounds. (Article ) Bowmanville: Santa Claus Parade Brampton: Brampton Santa Claus Parade organized by the Brampton Board of Trade, Santa's Parade at Shoppers World Brampton Brantford: JCI Brantford Santa Claus Parade Brighton: Santa Claus Parade Brockville: Brockville Santa Claus Parade Bolton (part of Caledon): Christmas Parade, organized by the Kinsmen Club Carleton Place: Carleton Place Santa Claus Parade Deseronto: Santa Claus Parade Elora: Santa Claus Parade Fergus: Fergus Santa Claus Parade Frankford: Santa Claus Parade Georgetown: Annual Santa Claus Parade Goderich: Santa Claus Parade, Article Guelph: Guelph Community Santa Claus Parade Grimsby: Grimsby Santa Claus Parade Hamilton: Hamilton Santa Claus and Grey Cup Parade Hespeler (Cambridge): Hespeler Santa Claus Parade (Article) London: London Santa Claus Parade, since 1956 Markham: Markham Santa Claus Parade Mattawa: The Mattawa Santa Claus Parade Milton: Milton Santa Claus Parade, Heritage Parade of Lights at Country Heritage Park Mississauga (Streetsville): Mississauga Santa Claus Parade Newcastle: Newcastle Santa Parade North Bay: North Bay Santa Claus Parade Oakville: Oakville Santa Claus Parade Orillia: Orillia Santa Claus Parade Oshawa: Santa's Parade of Lights Ottawa: Help Santa Toy Parade Ottawa (Barrhaven): Barrhaven Lions Light Up The Night Parade Ottawa (Kanata): Kanata Hazeldean Mall Santa Claus Parade Ottawa (Orleans): Sanata's Parade of Lights Pickering: Annual Kinsmen & Kinette Club Santa Claus Parade () Port Hope: Port Hope Santa Claus Parade Port Perry: Port Perry Santa Claus Parade Puslinch: Puslinch Santa Claus Parade Rockwood: Rockwood's Farmers' Santa Claus Parade of Lights Sault Ste. Marie: Rotary Santa Claus Parade Smith Falls: Smith Falls Santa Claus Parade Stratford: Santa's Parade of Lights Sturgeon Falls: The Sturgeon Falls Parade of Lights Timmins: Timmins Santa Claus Parade (Article) Toronto: Toronto Santa Claus Parade, Independent organization, formally Eaton's Toronto (Etobicoke): Etobicoke Lakeshore Christmas Parade Toronto (Weston): Weston Village Santa Claus Parade Toronto (The Beaches): Hamper's Santa Claus Parade Trenton: Trenton Santa Claus Parade Uxbridge: Uxbridge Santa Claus Parade Vaughan: Vaughan Santa Claus Parade (SantaFest) Watford: Santa Claus Parade Whitby: JCI Whitby Santa Claus
Quebec Gatineau: Gatineau Santa Claus Parade Montreal: Montreal Santa Claus Parade
Saskatchewan Saskatoon: Saskatoon Santa Claus Parade. Originated in 1990.
Yukon Whitehorse: Winterval Santa Parade (Article)
Mexico Irapuato, Guanajuato: Three Kings Parade (Cabalgata de Reyes Magos) Oaxaca City: Las Calendas Christmas processions. Held on the night of December 24, concluding the Las Posadas celebrations. Querétaro City: Desfile de Carro Biblicos (Biblical Float Parade). Held each year on Christmas Eve since 1828.
United States
Alabama Montgomery: Hornet Homecoming Parade (held by Alabama State University) Opelika: Small scale community parade in Downtown Opelika with different schools, pageants, churches, businesses and community service operations. Held on the first Wednesday of November. Associated with "Christmas in a Railroad Town" also in Downtown Opelika.
Arizona Apache Junction: Holiday Program and Light Parade Beaver Dam: Beaver Dam Christmas Parade Benson: Benson Christmas Parade Buckeye: Glow on Monroe Electric Light Parade Camp Verde: Christmas Bazaar and Parade of Lights Carefree: Carefree Christmas Festival and Electric Light Parade Casa Grande: Electric Light Parade Chandler: Parade of Lights Clifton: Clifton Light Parade Coolidge: Christmas Light Parade Cottonwood: Annual Cottonwood Christmas Parade Duncan: Duncan Small Town Christmas Parade Eagar: Round Valley Christmas Light Parade Flagstaff: Northern Lights Holiday Parade Fountain Hills: Thanksgiving Day Parade aka Parada de los Cerros Florence: Christmas on Main Street and Holiday Light Parade Gila Bend: All A Glow Christmas Light Parade Glendale: Hometown Christmas Parade Globe: Christmas Light Parade Holbrook: Christmas Festival of Lights and Parade Kingman: Parade of Lights Lake Havasu City: Boat Parade of Lights Litchfield Park: Christmas in the Park Festival and Parade Nogales: The Light of Christmas Parade Page: Lake Powell Christmas Parade Payson: Electric Light Parade Peoria: Annual Santa Claus Parade Phoenix: APS Electric Light Parade Phoenix: Fiesta Bowl Parade Prescott: Prescott Chamber Christmas Parade Prescott Valley: Holiday Festival of Lights & Parade Quartzsite: Quartzsite Christmas Light Parade