Hollywood

Christmas Parade


Parade Route

This image shows the parade route as it has been from almost the start. Through the Hollywood area with the famous Chinese Theater being one of the focal points of the parade.



Chief of Police Davis, Mrs. Aletha Gilbert, city mother, Colonel Harry M. Baine, President of the Hollywood Boulevard Association and others during the 1928 opening of the month long Christmas Celebration. You can see Santa making an appearance behind them.

Early Ads for Santa Claus Lane

Santa Claus Making An Appearance

Santa's Luxury Sleigh costing $20,000 in 1937 ($383,000 in 2021)

Paper Mache Taken to New Levels

Decorations with a Hollywood Flair

Lamp Posts Decorated for the Holiday Season

Hollywood Stars Coming Out for the Parade

Rudy Valle and John Barymore


Clark Gable and Red Skelton

Paper Mache faces, painted and used as decorations for the parade and celebration

Actors from The Facts of Life

Bear County Jamboree Bears


Danny Trejo Celebrating the Holiday Season after being gone for a year due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Parade Balloons

Bringing Crowds to Shop in Hollywood

Watch this years 89th annual Hollywood Christmas Parade. It was played on national and local stations but is hosted online from the CW.

Image of the parade that acts as a link to the Video on the CW website.

List of Parades Grand Marshalls

1927 - 1983

  • 1928 - Jeanette Loff

  • 1932 - Joe E. Brown

  • 1939 - Gene Autry

  • 1940

    • Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz

    • Joan Leslie

    • Roy Rogers

    • Harry Sherman

  • 1941 - Irene Rich

  • 1948 - Bob Hope

  • 1949–1951 Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz

  • 1957 - Art Linkletter

  • 1958 - Lawrence Welk

  • 1959 - Charlton Heston

  • 1960, 1981 - Dale Evans and Roy Rogers

  • 1961 - Gene Autry

  • 1962 - Danny Thomas

  • 1963 - Mary Pickford

  • 1964 - Dick Van Dyke

  • 1965 - Robert Vaughn

  • 1966 - Pat Boone

  • 1967 - Fred MacMurray

  • 1968 - Buddy Ebsen

  • 1969 - Walter Matthau

  • 1970 - Ernest Borgnine

  • 1971 - Johnny Mathis

  • 1972 - General Robert E. Cushman, Jr.

  • 1973 - Danny Thomas

  • 1974 - John Wayne

  • 1975 - Lawrence Welk

  • 1976 - General Omar Bradley

  • 1977 - Jimmy Stewart

  • 1978 - Bob Hope

  • 1979 - Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood

  • 1980 - Gene Autry

  • 1982 - Ron Howard

  • 1983 - George Peppard

1984 - 2021

  • 1984 - Michael Landon

  • 1985 - William Shatner

  • 1986 - Mickey and Minnie Mouse

  • 1987 - James Stewart

  • 1988 - Tony Danza

  • 1989 - Sammy Davis Jr.

  • 1990 - Arnold Schwarzenegger

  • 1991 - Charlton Heston

  • 1992 - Tom Arnold and Roseanne Barr

  • 1993 - Bob and Dolores Hope

  • 1994 - Louis Gossett Jr.

  • 1995 - Tony Danza

  • 1996 - David Hasselhoff

  • 1997 - Tom Arnold

  • 1998 - Robert Urich

  • 1999 - Beau Bridges

  • 2000 - Dennis Hopper and Frankie Muñiz

  • 2001 - Peter Fonda

  • 2002 - Mickey Rooney

  • 2003 - Johnny Grant

  • 2004 - Magic Johnson

  • 2005 - Antonio Villaraigosa

  • 2006 - George López

  • 2007 - Bob Barker

  • 2008 - Joy and Regis Philbin

  • 2009 - Susan Lucci

  • 2010 - Larry King

  • 2011 - Marie Osmond

  • 2012 - Joe Mantegna

  • 2013 - Buzz Aldrin

  • 2014 - Stevie Wonder

  • 2015 - Penn & Teller

  • 2016 - Olivia Newton-John

  • 2017 - Mehmet C. Oz

  • 2018 - Nancy O'Dell

  • 2019 - Mario López

  • 2021 - Sheryl Underwood