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HANDMADE FLOATS ✵ MARCHING BANDS ✵ CHRISTMAS MAGIC

Cruisin' Under theLights

Christmas

Parade
Hometown Lights. Holiday Music. Memories in Motion.

When the lights come on, Main Street in Lamar becomes the stage for homemade floats, marching bands, decorated vehicles, and neighbors lining the route together. It’s a hometown Christmas tradition filled with music, lights, laughter, and memories that move right down the street.

PARADE
DATE

November 21, 2026

PARADE
TIME

5:45pm

LINEUP
LOCATION

Lamar High School
216 N. Darlington Avenue, Lamar, SC 29069

LINEUP
TIME

4:30pm

ENTRY
DEADLINE

November 15, 2026

PARADE
ROUTE

⏺ Lamar High School ⬆ Darlington Ave. ➡ Main Street ⬆ Lamar First Baptist Church ⏹

Bring the lights. Bring the music. Make a memory.

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HANDMADE
MAGIC

Some parade entries begin with a trailer, a string of lights, and a good idea. By parade night, they become rolling Christmas creations built by families, churches, businesses, schools, and neighbors who simply wanted to make something memorable together downtown.

CHRISTMAS
IN MOTION

Christmas melodies drift down Main Street from marching bands, decorated golf carts, dancing groups, lighted floats, and show cars rolling through the route. Music, rhythm, and laughter carry through Lamar, turning the parade into one long celebration of the season.

A HOMETOWN
TRADITION

The floats and music may travel the route, but the real parade stretches from sidewalk to sidewalk. Families gather, children watch for Santa, neighbors find one another in the crowd, and another Christmas memory becomes part of Lamar’s hometown story.

THE STORYBOOK

Moments

That Make It
Alive

From handmade floats and Christmas melodies to glowing lights, smiling faces, and neighbors lining Main Street, explore the parade moments that bring Lamar to life and turn one special night into a hometown Christmas memory.

Thank You

TO OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR!

Your generous support helps make this Christmas tradition possible.

STEWARDS WHO KEEP THE LIGHT SHINING

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Written Into Our Christmas Story

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Paula Coker ✵ Helena Chemicals ✵ Jane Weaver ✵ William Springs ✵ Curry Belk ✵ Myrtis & Fran Knotts ✵ Arbor One Farm Credit ✵ Carolyn Harrington ✵ J. Todd & Jenny Hardee ✵ County of Darlington ✵ William Woods ✵ Dilmar Oil ✵ Robert Windham ✵ Jeffords Insurance Agency ✵ Becky Duke ✵ Alice McManus ✵ Daren Lorenzo ✵ Piggly Wiggly of Lamar ✵ Tina's Cafe ✵ Darlington Raceway ✵ Genesis Healthcare ✵ Lamar UMC Women in Faith ✵ Governors Run ✵ Landen LaCross ✵ McLeod Health ✵ Campbell's Roofing Company ✵ Lynn Huneycutt ✵ David Windham ✵ Marilyn Lawhon ✵ Megan Jowers ✵ Coastal AgroBusiness Inc. ✵ Paula Coker ✵ Helena Chemicals ✵ Jane Weaver ✵ William Springs ✵ Curry Belk ✵ Myrtis & Fran Knotts ✵ Arbor One Farm Credit ✵ Carolyn Harrington ✵ J. Todd & Jenny Hardee ✵ County of Darlington ✵ William Woods ✵ Dilmar Oil ✵ Robert Windham ✵ Jeffords Insurance Agency ✵ Becky Duke ✵ Alice McManus ✵ Daren Lorenzo ✵ Piggly Wiggly of Lamar ✵ Tina's Cafe ✵ Darlington Raceway ✵ Genesis Healthcare ✵ Lamar UMC Women in Faith ✵ Governors Run ✵ Landen LaCross ✵ McLeod Health ✵ Campbell's Roofing Company ✵ Lynn Huneycutt ✵ David Windham ✵ Marilyn Lawhon ✵ Megan Jowers ✵ Coastal AgroBusiness Inc. ✵