Parade registration open for Franklin Christmas event

Registration for Christmas under the Lampposts ends Friday, Nov. 30 at 12 p.m.
Entry forms for golf carts, lighted bicycles and walkers are available in the Tax Department of City Hall. Registration is free. If you’d like to decorate your golf cart, but you don’t want to enter the decorating contest, you can still register and participate in the parade: Request a registration form without a number, or if you pick up your registration form from the Tax Department, don’t put the number attached on your golf cart. Only those golf carts with numbers on them will be judged.
Church groups, school clubs and athletic teams, scouts, youth groups, veterans and community service organizations that choose not to enter a golf cart or a bicycle are invited to participate in the Christmas parade as walkers.
Christmas under the Lampposts will be Saturday, Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. The theme for Christmas under the Lampposts is “Christmas on the Bayou.” Line-up for the parade begins at 5 p.m. on Jackson Street. The parade flows from Jackson Street to Main Street to Wilson Street, ending at the courthouse square.
Once the parade ends and everyone is in place the lighting honoree will be revealed.
Two parking areas closest to the Willow Street side will be reserved at the courthouse for the ceremony and for parking the golf carts for the decorating contest judging. Yellow tape will mark the areas. Teche Drive will be closed to vehicular traffic at the following intersections: Adams Street, Jackson Street, Commercial Street and Willow Street. Closing these intersections will permit everyone to walk and view the Christmas lights along the Bayou Teche.
For more info contact the Community Development Department (337-828-6345 or ashields@franklin-la.com).