{"id":58021,"date":"2025-12-11T03:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T03:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/58021\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T03:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T03:49:06","slug":"philadelphia-mummers-parade-takes-the-crown-as-americas-favorite-holiday-event-pennsylvania-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/58021\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Mummers Parade takes the crown as America\u2019s favorite holiday event | Pennsylvania News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA, Pa. &#8211; From coast to coast, festive parades usher in the holiday season with vibrant performances and dazzling decorations.<\/p>\n<p>To determine which events offer the best and most festive experiences, USA Today asked a panel of experts to nominate their top picks for holiday parades throughout the U.S., then readers voted for their favorites.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia\u2019s beloved Mummers Parade earned a place among the best, taking not only a top ten ranking but securing the number one spot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Mummers Parade is one of the longest-running traditions in the nation \u2014 the first parade took place in 1901 as a celebration of the new year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The colorful procession along Broad Street features performances by comics, string bands, and fancy brigades in spectacular costumes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA, Pa. &#8211; From coast to coast, festive parades usher in the holiday season with vibrant performances and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[21226,31805,15139,69,71,31804,70,3495],"class_list":["post-58021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-broad-street","tag-festive-parades","tag-holiday-event","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-mummers-parade","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-usa-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}