18th Annual Flower Mound Christmas Parade

The Town of Flower Mound cordially invites you to kick off the Christmas season as the town prepares for its 18th annual Christmas parade and holiday stroll Dec. 8.

The day-long event will begin at 10 a.m. with a parade that begins at Eaton and follows Morriss Road to Dixon Lane. The parade will feature about 100 floats including my daughters’ Daisy Troop (we will be giving out candy), created by families, businesses, high school bands and various organizations from throughout the community.

The Christian Community Action (CCA) food drive will again be part of the event, and the organization will have a truck collecting canned goods to open the parade.

After driving down Morriss, the truck will park at Marcus High School for the remainder of the parade.The parade will conclude around noon. Morriss Road will be closed from 8 a.m. to noon to accommodate the parade.

Following the parade, the holiday stroll will begin at 1 p.m. at Parker Square, where the CCA truck will also take donations.

Among the activities will be a children’s craft tent, a bounce house, hay rides, a race track and an air slide.

There will also be musical performances by students from Prairie Trail Elementary School, the Forest Vista choir, the Voices of Flower Mound and the 1940s Swing Singers. There will be a dancers workshop at 5 p.m., and the stroll will conclude at 6 p.m. with a tree lighting ceremony.

“The parade and the stroll are two of the biggest events of the year,” said Mark Wood, community affairs specialist for the town of Flower Mound. “It’s a good couple of events to get into the Christmas spirit.”