{"id":91257,"date":"2025-12-12T04:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T04:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/91257\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T04:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T04:34:11","slug":"seal-beach-holds-47th-christmas-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/91257\/","title":{"rendered":"Seal Beach holds 47th Christmas Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wMostHumorous57CatPaws.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"436\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wMostHumorous57CatPaws.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"wMostHumorous57CatPaws\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An estimated 11,000 people watched the 47th annual Seal Beach Christmas Parade. (That was also last year\u2019s figure.) This year\u2019s parade featured 79 entries. The 2025 parade included a drone show over the beach. (Asked if there would be another drone show, Parade Chair Scott Newton wrote: \u201cOne year at a time.\u00a0 We will do our best to try and bring the Drone show back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There were 2,754 participants in the parade, according to Newton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe already met this morning regarding the 2026 parade,\u201d Newton wrote on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe intend to announce the theme in January,\u201d Newton wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He forwarded to the Sun an email from Perla Mendoza of Project Eli in which she thanked the Lions for the honor of being grand marshal.<\/p>\n<p>The parade, which began at 7 p.m., ended around 8:45 p.m., with Santa Claus taking up the rear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The winning entries this year were:<\/p>\n<p>Best Of Parade\u2014#26 Seal Beach Drone Shows.com<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most Entertaining\u2014#33 Red Mountain Marching Band<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Crowd Pleaser\u2014#37 Corday<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most Festive\u2014#31 Run Seal Beach<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most Humorous\u2014#57 Cat Paws<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Best Of Parade\u2014#26 Seal Beach Drone Shows.com<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"436\" data-id=\"34888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wMost-Entertaining-33Red-MountainMarchingBand.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34888\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"436\" data-id=\"34889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wMostFestive31RunSealBeach.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34889\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"436\" data-id=\"34887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wMostHumorous57CatPaws-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34887\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"436\" data-id=\"34890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wSantaS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34890\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/catalinaexpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sunnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/OCCN-122018_300x250.gif\"\/><\/a>        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An estimated 11,000 people watched the 47th annual Seal Beach Christmas Parade. 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