Children and grownups on board the AB Builders float share candy and good cheer in Key West’s Hometown Holiday Parade on Dec. 3. CAROL TEDESCO/ KeyWestHolidayFest.com
One of the most popular events of Key West’s holiday season took place Dec. 3, when the Hometown Holiday Parade stepped off from Truman Avenue and White Street.
The procession of about 55 floats made its way down Truman Avenue, then turned onto Duval Street.
Throngs of locals and visitors lined the streets and sidewalks, scrambling for the candy that each float tossed, filling kids’ bags with as much candy as Halloween.
Entries included marching bands, law enforcement groups, city officials, your own Keys Weekly local news team, dogs, kids and even an alpaca from the Sheriff’s Animal Farm.
Key West City Commissioner Sam Kaufman adds Hanukkah wishes to the Hometown Holiday Parade. LARRY BLACKBURN/Keys WeeklyTony Yaniz leads a flock of Christmas penguins in the parade. LARRY BLACKBURN/Keys WeeklyKey West’s drag queens strut their holiday style during the parade. LARRY BLACKBURN/Keys Weekly Keys Weekly’s own Stephanie Mitchell, center, joins her son Jack and husband Joe in the Keys Weekly’s holiday parade float. LARRY BLACKBURN/Keys WeeklyFarmer Jeanne Selander leads an alpaca from the Sheriff’s Animal Farm in Key West’s Hometown Holiday Parade. LARRY BLACKBURN/Keys Weekly Chabad Jewish Center of the Florida Keys and Key West, with Rabbi Yaakov Zucker at the wheel and daughter Rivka Zucker, 10, alongside, lead a procession of Menorah-illuminated vehicles. CAROL TEDESCO/KeyWestHolidayFest.comScott Waddell of Stock Island pedals a holiday-decorated bicycle inspired by Key West’s famous free-roaming fowls. CAROL TEDESCO/KeyWestHolidayFest.com
