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The ”’Christmas Ships Parade”’, or ”’Christmas Ship Parade”’,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://katu.com/news/local/christmas-ships-parades-schedule-portland-2017|title=Christmas Ships parades begin on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers this weekend|date=28 November 2017|website=Katu.com|access-date=16 December 2021|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124143713/https://katu.com/news/local/christmas-ships-parades-schedule-portland-2017|url-status=live}}</ref> is an annual [[Christmas ships]] parade in [[Portland, Oregon]], United States. The tradition was established by a single boat in 1954.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christmasships.org/about-us/story|title=Christmas Ship Parade – Our Story|website=Christmasships.org|access-date=16 December 2021|archivedate=13 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213193120/https://www.christmasships.org/about-us/story|urlstatus=live}}</ref> The 57th annual parade was held in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 December 2011 |title=Christmas ships sail Columbia, Willamette rivers for 13 nights |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2011/12/christmas_ships_sail_columbia.html |access-date=16 December 2021 |website=[[The Oregonian]] |archive-date=29 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229015652/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2011/12/christmas_ships_sail_columbia.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A virtual event was held in 2020, during the [[COVID19 pandemic]].{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

The ”’Christmas Ships Parade”’, or ”’Christmas Ship Parade”’,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://katu.com/news/local/christmas-ships-parades-schedule-portland-2017|title=Christmas Ships parades begin on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers this weekend|date=28 November 2017|website=Katu.com|access-date=16 December 2021|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124143713/https://katu.com/news/local/christmas-ships-parades-schedule-portland-2017|url-status=live}}</ref> is an annual [[Christmas ships]] parade in [[Portland, Oregon]], United States. The tradition was established by a single boat in 1954.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Christmas Ship Parade – Our Story|=.org |-= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213193120/https://www.christmasships.org/about-us/story|-=}}</ref> The annual parade was held in .<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 December 2011 |title=Christmas ships sail Columbia, Willamette rivers for 13 nights |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2011/12/christmas_ships_sail_columbia.html |access-date=16 December 2021 |website=[[The Oregonian]] |archive-date=29 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229015652/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2011/12/christmas_ships_sail_columbia.html |url-status=live }}</ref> in the – .

== See also ==

== See also ==

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Latest revision as of 16:46, 17 September 2025

Annual Christmas ships parade in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

The Christmas Ships Parade, or Christmas Ship Parade,[1] is an annual Christmas ships parade in Portland, Oregon, United States. The tradition was established by a single boat in 1954.[2] The 70th annual parade season was held in 2024.[3] The Christmas Ships Parade is the longest continuously operating illuminated boat parade in the United States. Brightly decorated boats parade 15 nights on the Willamette and Columbia Rivers in the the Greater Portland-Vancouver Metro area each December.

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