ESL students at Egg Harbor Township High School students use HERO Campaign promotional brochures to study English and Spanish languages. (Photo courtesy of HERO Campaign)
Downtown Asbury Avenue between Sixth and 11th streets will be the route for the annual Christmas Parade in Ocean City, NJ, which goes off this year at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5.
The largest Christmas Parade in recent years will kick off from Sixth Street and Asbury Avenue at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5.
The parade route is on Asbury Avenue from Sixth Street to 11th Street.
The event gives families an opportunity to meet and greet Santa, and it includes floats and music. The Ocean City High School Band and the Pennsport String Band will perform. The parade also will feature themed cars, special displays and costumed characters. The Ocean City High School boys' and girls' South Jersey championship soccer teams, the state finalist field hockey team, and the Cape-Atlantic League champion boys' and girls' cross-country teams also will march.
Santa arrives in a horse and carriage. After the Parade, Santa will greet youngsters, give out treats and pose for photos in the park across Ninth Street from City Hall. The event is sponsored by the Ocean City Regional Chamber of Commerce, the City of Ocean City and the Downtown Merchants Association.
For information, call (609) 399-1412.
__________
