Seal Beach 第48届圣诞游行12月4日晚7时登场：主题「红白蓝圣诞」纪念美国建国250周年
位于加利福尼亚州橙县的海滨小城 Seal Beach，第 48 届圣诞游行将于 12 月 4 日（周五）晚 7 时登场。游行沿 Main Street 从码头行至太平洋海岸公路（PCH），全程三个街区，最后一支队伍 8 时 10 分前出发，游行约在 8 时 30 分结束，免费观赏。
今年的主题是「红白蓝圣诞」（A Red, White & Blue Christmas），纪念美国建国 250 周年。主办方 Seal Beach 狮子会基金会介绍，游行有近 100 支队伍、3000 多名参加者，往年沿线观众约 1.1 万人；今年的大礼官（Grand Marshal）是 Bob Griffith，他将为游行剪彩出发。
Seal Beach 自称「海边的梅伯里」（Mayberry by the Sea），这场家乡式游行是小城最具代表性的年度活动，乐队、花车、社区团体与圣诞老人都会出现在队伍中，压轴出场的固定是圣诞老人。
游行由 Seal Beach 狮子会基金会主办、市府支持。主办方提醒，游行队伍须在晚 6 时前集结完毕，Main Street 周边街道当晚将分段封闭，开车前往的观众请预留绕行与停车时间。
（来源：Seal Beach 狮子会基金会）
Seal Beach's 48th Christmas Parade Steps Off December 4 With a Red, White and Blue Theme
The 48th Seal Beach Christmas Parade steps off on Friday, December 4, at 7 p.m. in Seal Beach, in Orange County, California. The route runs three blocks along Main Street from the Seal Beach Pier to Pacific Coast Highway; final entries start by 8:10 p.m., the parade ends about 8:30 p.m., and watching is free.
This year's theme is "A Red, White & Blue Christmas," celebrating 250 years of American freedom. The Seal Beach Lions Foundation, which produces the parade, counts nearly 100 entries and more than 3,000 participants, entertaining roughly 11,000 spectators along the route. This year's Grand Marshal, Bob Griffith, will cut the ribbon to start the parade.
Seal Beach calls itself "Mayberry by the Sea," and the hometown parade — marching bands, floats, community groups and Santa Claus himself in the final entry — is the small coastal city's signature event of the year.
The parade is produced by the Seal Beach Lions Foundation with support from the City of Seal Beach. Entries must be lined up by 6 p.m., and streets around the Main Street route close in stages that evening, so drivers should plan for detours and parking.
(Source: Seal Beach Lions Foundation)
来源：Seal Beach 狮子会基金会
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：图片来源：Wikimedia Commons「A.J. Summers Memorial Tower, Seal Beach」（Mike Peel 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0），图中为 Seal Beach 码头上的救生总塔，游行自码头一端出发 Image: Wikimedia Commons "A.J. Summers Memorial Tower, Seal Beach" (Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0); the lifeguard headquarters tower on Seal Beach Pier, where the parade route begins
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