Volunteers prepare floats for Windsor's 54th Annual Santa Claus Parade
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Volunteers are busy preparing the floats for Windsor, Ont.'s 54th Annual Santa Claus Parade.
At 6 p.m. ET on Dec. 3, the parade starts at Devonshire Road and will make its way west along Wyandotte Street East to Alymer Avenue.
The theme for this year's parade is "find the magic of Christmas," and has included a scavenger hunt that began early November and ends on Dec. 15.
Visitors can arrive earlier, at 3 p.m. and enjoy the parade's new Fan Zone, which will have games, kids' activities, refreshments and live music.
Maggie Durocher, executive director of the Windsor Parade Corporation, has been with the Santa Claus Parade for almost 30 years, and said many of the volunteers have been with it for as long or longer.
"It's a fantastic group and we are a family," she said.
And some floats, Durocher said, have been in the parade since she started.
"Some of these floats have been with us for a very long time," she said, adding the Santa's workshop float has been in the parade since 1995.
But that doesn't mean parade-goers see the same floats every Christmas.
"Every year we upgrade them and upgrade them because you want to keep them relevant," Durocher said.
Volunteer Diane Lago said she has been working on the floats for just a week and will be one of Santa's elves in next week's parade.
She said her favourite float is Santa's workshop.
"It really looks like a workshop. It feels like I'm there with Santa," she said.
This year, Durocher said her favourite float is the fire and ice float.
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