By Randy McCarten
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Love this! Mayor Gary McCarthy announced the City of Schenectady’s “First Responders Holiday Parade” will begin at 6pm tonight (Tuesday, 12/15)
Schenectady’s Annual Nighttime Holiday Parade had to be cancelled this year due to Covid-19 so they are trying something a little different to spread Holiday cheer.
First responder vehicles will be decorated, play holiday music and drive through all the Schenectady neighborhoods. Yep Santa Claus will be there too. You can safely distance with your mask to watch the fun.
It will get down to about 10 degrees tonight so you can track the parade at www.paradefinder.com so you don t have to stand outside too long.
When Schenectady s annual Holiday Parade was canceled before Thanksgiving, the city decided to hold a parade to honor first responders and it will be held this week. Here are the details. According to News 10 ABC, Santa Claus and first responder vehicles will be part of the First Responders Holiday Parade in Schenectady. There will be a host of decked out first responder vehicles along a route mapped out through the city with holiday music and the big guy himself. It will all happen on Tuesday, December 15th.
Assistant Fire Cheif Don Mareno said this of the decision to have a holiday parade: