Bellevue, Washington is east of Seattle across Lake Washington. Every year for the past 18 downtown Bellevue has put on a wonderful Christmas parade. The town has earned the title of being The Most Festive Town in America by the Huffington Post.
Crowd waiting an hour before the start
Everybody loves Frosty the Snowman!
Sher and I went to this parade back in 2014 during another fun visit with our Seattle family. So we were really looking forward to enjoying the parade again. As nearly 10,000 people a night show up to witness the parade, we had to get there early, grab some coffee and stake our claim on good spots that would give an unobstructed view of the parade route.
Cute penguin
Beautiful Snow Princess
Rudolph’s nose did light up!
The parade starts right at 7 when the spot lights turn on and the snow machines start the evening’s snowfall! In addition, spot lights of snow flakes move around on the street surface and the building fronts. The video gives a feel for the excitement of the parade, a look at the snowfall, and an appearance by Santa in person.
There’s that penguin again
We had a great time
It is, in our opinion, just awesome that Bellevue puts on this parade every night for 30 days. The number of participants, the costumes, and of course the lights and snow effects are marvelous. It is easy to see why 10,000 show up each night.
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What an amazing production!! No wonder you wanted to see it again.
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And that they do it every night for 30 nights in a row. We’ve never heard of anything like that before.
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What a wonderful parade! The participants sure looked like they were having fun. Cool they had he snow falling, too. 🙂
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It really was magical. We heard that most of the parade participants are high school kids. What a treat for them….
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looks like a lot of fun! I love the pictures!
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So glad you enjoyed them! 😉
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Sounds like quite a winter show! I am seeing more lights going up on houses in the area here. I can look out across the bowl to the hills at night, and it is beautiful.
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It is nice your scenery has gotten pretty! Thanks, for stopping by and sharing.
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Were the Shriners there driving mini, motorized sleighs? It looked like Santa was trying to do La Macarena, but the music was something else. Fun parade.
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Santa was really dancing around. No Shriners in sight, but the little buggies pulling the floats would have worked for a Shrine troop.
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Wonderful! Happy Holidays!🔔🎉🎅🎁🎄
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Thanks, cindy!
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I’m pleased the parade lives up to expectations
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We all had a great time. Thanks, Derrick
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Wow! What a beautiful entertaining share! Your share is an inspiration for a night outing! Best wishes always and for the season. 🔔🔔☕️☕️👒
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Thank you for the very kind comment! This was a near perfect outing, and quite remarkable at that.
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