Less horse poop at downtown parade

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There was a design to that Tulsa Hills shopping area?  When did that happen?

After it was built.   

[Townsend]

TULSA - City of Tulsa officials announced Wednesday the road closures for the Tulsa Holiday Parade of Lights.

Hosted by Tulsa Charity Christmas Parade Inc., the Tulsa Holiday Parade of lights is Dec. 10 beginning at 6 p.m.  Officials anticipate as many as 25,000 attendees at this year's parade.

The parade begins near 4th and Elgin and ends near 1st and Elgin.  Additional areas are closed for staging and disbanding.

[godboko71]

Is it shorter? Not that it matters maybe that means less gaps between groups.

[Red Arrow]

Is it shorter? Not that it matters maybe that means less gaps between groups.

No crowd gaps might be a good thing.  Think of a well filled smaller sports stadium vs. the same number in a large stadium.  Packed house vs. a lot of empty seats.

[godboko71]

I means let gaps in the parade, but your right it should also mean less gaps of people too

[Townsend]

Christmas Is Back in the Christmas Parade

The 2014 American Waste Control Christmas Parade in Downtown.

http://kwgs.com/post/christmas-back-christmas-parade

A new name, with Christmas included, and a new sponsor bring a unified downtown yuletide parade for Tulsa this year. For the past several years, dropping the word Christmas from the downtown event caused a split that resulted in two separate parades, one downtown, one at Tulsa Hills. This year there will be only one parade. Paul Ross is with American Waste Control, the new sponsor. He says this year's parade will officially be known as the 2014 American Waste Control Christmas Parade in Downtown.

The parade will also benefit a charity, A Soldier's Wish. It will be held on December 13th.

[Hoss]

Christmas Is Back in the Christmas Parade

The 2014 American Waste Control Christmas Parade in Downtown.

http://kwgs.com/post/christmas-back-christmas-parade

Wow...that name...

[Conan71]

Wow...that name...

Yes, because we don't want Christmas commercialized. 

Now let's get an associate sponsor: "The 2014 American Waste Control Christmas Parade, presented by Hefty"

Will the heathens break off and start their own now?

[heironymouspasparagus]

Geez....we have lost our collective mind....

[TheArtist]

Well, whatever they call it. I really hope they pick a decent parade route this year.  I am of course partial to it going down Boston Ave and then through Blue Dome.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Well, whatever they call it. I really hope they pick a decent parade route this year.  I am of course partial to it going down Boston Ave and then through Blue Dome.

Lol....got a vested interest thing going there??


I wish you luck with that one!!

[TheArtist]

Lol....got a vested interest thing going there??


I wish you luck with that one!!

I don't know what you're talking about? 

But seriously, even if I didn't have a shop on Boston Ave, that should still be the street to put the parade, it simply looks far more dramatic and beautiful.  Why have it downtown at all if your mostly going by parking lots, empty buildings or parking garages?  Not exactly a way to show off downtown or make your parade feel special either.

Also mine isn't the only shop or restaurant open along Boston, or in Blue Dome, that would benefit.  Nice for those businesses to look down the street at the crowds blocks away, on streets where there aren't as many businesses, and wishing the crowds were by them instead.  I know lot's of people don't like the "commercialization of Christmas" but if you want retail to make it downtown, Christmas is the make or break season.  (Have often wondered what the impact of Christmas has been on helping make our Western Culture so strong economically?  A lot of retail relies on the purchasing that goes on for that holiday. It can easily be half of retails sales for the entire year, imagine losing that and what the impact would have been over time. Interesting to think about anyway.) 

[heironymouspasparagus]

I don't know what you're talking about? 

But seriously, even if I didn't have a shop on Boston Ave, that should still be the street to put the parade, it simply looks far more dramatic and beautiful.  Why have it downtown at all if your mostly going by parking lots, empty buildings or parking garages?  Not exactly a way to show off downtown or make your parade feel special either.

Also mine isn't the only shop or restaurant open along Boston, or in Blue Dome, that would benefit.  Nice for those businesses to look down the street at the crowds blocks away, on streets where there aren't as many businesses, and wishing the crowds were by them instead.  I know lot's of people don't like the "commercialization of Christmas" but if you want retail to make it downtown, Christmas is the make or break season.  (Have often wondered what the impact of Christmas has been on helping make our Western Culture so strong economically?  A lot of retail relies on the purchasing that goes on for that holiday. It can easily be half of retails sales for the entire year, imagine losing that and what the impact would have been over time. Interesting to think about anyway.) 

We always make it a point to come over to Boston when coming into town just for that view... Very nice!!  (Detroit would normally be a more natural "traffic flow" event for us, but it just isn't as interesting.)

[BKDotCom]

Retraction

http://www.newson6.com/story/25857785/tulsa-to-hold-two-christmas-parades-in-december

Christmas in Tulsa is under served

Mark Croucher says he wishes the new American Waste Control Tulsa Christmas Parade well and is glad they put "Christmas" back in the parade. That parade will be December 13, 2014.

Croucher says his Tulsa Hills parade will be a week earlier on December 6, 2014.