Programs

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2025 MILLBROOK SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS PARADE
DATE: 12/06/2025 PARADE STARTS AT 2 PM
THEME: “SANTA’S WORKSHOP”

PARADE APPLICATION

INFORMATION:
***NEW*** $25 Entry Fee
Registration opens 10/1/2025
Registration closes 11/21/2025

PARADE ROUTE:
STARTS at the Mill Creek Sports Complex behind the Smokehouse Pit BBQ
ENDS at the intersection of Main St. & Coosada Rd. at the Millbrook Economic Development Center/Millbrook Area Chamber of Commerce (old City Hall). Your float can go straight to AirNow parking lot.

PARADE LINEUP:
You will receive an email confirmation after registration, and all entries will receive further instructions about the parade after registration deadline on 11/21/2025. We will not send out a line-up number. You will be shown your line-up position on the day of the parade.

Lineup is at the Mill Creek Sports Complex parking lot behind Smokehouse BBQ. ALL ENTRIES MUST BE IN THE LINEUP AND READY NO LATER THAN 1:15 P.M. THE DAY OF THE PARADE.

Please communicate with your float riders that they must be dropped off at the back entrance to the Mill Creek Sports Complex by way of Demonbruen Drive off of Cobbs Ford Road. You can ride around the walking trail, park, and walk your rider to their float. Communicate with your float driver as to where they will park after the parade and you can pick your float rider up there.

RULES:
Entrants must observe ALL rules and regulations listed below. Entrants must also follow ALL instructions from police and parade officials at all times on parade day. The Millbrook Spirit of Christmas Committee reserves the right to remove any entrant from the parade at any point on parade day. Removal can occur prior to assembly, while assembling, or at any time during the parade.
• All entries must be decorated and must have an identifying sign of your group, individual, or organization. NO decorations and or float construction material may protrude from the side of the float. All electrical devices must be properly grounded.

• Only Christmas-themed music will be allowed. Use of high-intensity sound-making devices is strongly discouraged. Sounds of any type must meet the Sound Ordinance Requirements set by the City of Millbrook.

• Costumes worn by parade participants must meet the rules set by the Christmas Parade Committee and conform to the standards of reasonable public taste. Costumes are to be family-friendly. Costumes can be Christmas-themed, but no participant may dress as Santa.

• Performances/Dancing must conform to the standards of reasonable public taste. Performances are to be family-friendly.

•Participants/drivers/riders should not have body parts extending past the sides, front or rear of the vehicle/float. No hanging out of cars/trucks, etc. No participants may jump on or off floats on the parade route. This is an extreme safety hazard and will be strictly enforced. Failure to comply will result in parade removal.

• Drivers of any vehicles in the parade areas must possess a valid driver’s license, be at least 18 years old, and possess all liability vehicle insurance.

• All parade units must maintain forward motion. Stopping or reversing motion will result in removal from the parade and will jeopardize future participation. We strive for no gaps greater than 25 feet. Please adjust your pace to close gaps.

• Livestock, reptiles, wild and domestic animals shall not be in the parade unless prior written approval by the Parade Committee is obtained. All horses will be placed last in line at the end of the parade unless they have bags.

• Alcoholic beverages are forbidden on any float, in any vehicle, or on the person of any participant.

• Only biodegradable confetti may be thrown/launched.

• Inappropriate parade throws are forbidden! If you throw anything deemed inappropriate or offensive, you will not be allowed back in the Millbrook parade.

• Thousands of people attend our parade. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH CANDY/THROWS TO LAST TO THE END!

NOTICE: Entrants that do not appear on parade day without prior notification to parade officials or entries that do not comply with the rules and regulations jeopardize future participation in the Millbrook Christmas Parade. The Millbrook Spirit of Christmas Committee reserves the right to accept or decline any entry. The Committee’s decision regarding all entries is final.

JUDGING:
4 Categories: Schools, Churches, Clubs & Businesses

Judging based on Best Representation of Santa's Workshop Theme

Winners: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners in each category

RULES:
MUST BE IN THE LINEUP, DECORATED, AND ALL RIDERS ON BOARD NO LATER THAN 12:30 PM TO BE JUDGED. THIS WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED. ALL ENTRIES MUST DISPLAY A BANNER OR SIGN THAT IDENTIFIES THE SCHOOL/BUSINESS/CHURCH/ORGANIZATION.

For more information text 334-320-5472 or email Rachel Davis at events@cityofmillbrook-al.gov