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Parade of LightsOn November 22, make sure you are in downtown Appleton to“Light Up the Season” with Wisconsin’s largest nighttime paradefeaturing local bands, floats and lots of lights! Each year, nearly70,000 spectators line up along the one-mile parade route to watchparticipants illuminate the night. FOX CITIES Magazinerecommends the flame-spewing, heart-and-body warming, fullthrottledisplay from Fox Valley Ballooning ensured to keep thenight bright.College Avenue serves as themain route for Appleton’sChristmas Parade.Greg Otis, Appleton Downtown, Inc. ambassador coordinator,beams when asked about this year’s spectacular, stating, “We areextremely proud of our Parade. The committee works tirelesslythroughout the year to make it a memorable event.”If you’re still looking for bright entertainment after the parade,stick around for the Annual City of Appleton Christmas TreeLighting Ceremony that includes performances by the AppletonBoychoir and a community sing-along.Otis welcomes spectators new and old to the Parade, stating,“We feel it is the ‘benchmark parade’ of the Valley and wanteveryone to come enjoy themselves.”Old-School WondermentAnother annual holiday favorite for Fox Citians is theHearthstone Historic House’s Victorian Christmas, when the almost-25 year-old museum welcomes visitors to celebrate Christmastimeold-school. These Victorian Christmas tours are a Fox Valleytradition, hearkening back to the late-nineteenth century, whenthe Rodgers Family would welcome Valley residents into thehydroelectric-powered home for a holiday open-house.One hundred thirty years later, the house is an Appleton staple,creating dazzling Christmastime displays while remembering the firstTHE BIGGEST LITTLE MALL IN APPLETON!With Shopko and the largest Kohl’s in the Fox Valley• Champion Martial Arts• China Buffet• Christopher & BanksWomen’s Coordinates• Citizens Finance• Cousin’s Subs• The Dental Center• Exclusive Co.Music & Electronics• H & R Block• Kohl’s Department Store• Krieger Jewelers• Looking Glass Hair Salon• Lovely Nails• Pages & PipesBooks, Periodicals& Tobacco Products• Papa John’s Pizza• Pet Supplies PLUS• Radio Shack• Rogan’s Shoes& Athletic Apparel• Shopko ~ Department Store,Pharmacy & Optical• St. Patrick’s BookstoreReligious Books &Sacramental Gifts• St. Vincent de PaulChristmas StoreHOLIDAY HOURS BEGIN NOV. 25: MON–SAT, 9AM–9PM; SUN, 10AM–6PMNorthland Ave. at Richmond St. 920-739-7397FOX CITIES Magazine25