Detroit’s got the spirit: America’s Thanksgiving Parade named best US holiday parade in 2022

DETROIT – The spirit of Detroit isn’t extra palpable or vibrant than it’s throughout the holidays — and that spirit is being acknowledged nationally this 12 months.

From Thanksgiving by way of the brand new 12 months, Downtown Detroit transforms right into a vivid, bustling nucleus with an environment so ambient and welcoming to all who cease in. That transformation is launched annually by the annual America’s Thanksgiving Parade, which has been named USA TODAY’s No. 1 Finest Vacation Parade in America for 2022.

Each third Thursday of November, America’s Thanksgiving Parade offered by Gardner White takes over the streets of Downtown Detroit with floats, balloons and swarms of individuals reveling in vacation cheer. This 12 months’s parade was notably joyous with abnormally lovely climate and a way of extra normalcy amid the pandemic. The Motor Metropolis’s annual Thanksgiving parade was additionally deemed the Finest Vacation Parade in America by USA TODAY’s 10Best Readers’ Selection Awards in 2018 and 2019.

The parade, produced by The Parade Firm, is featured yearly on Native 4 and ClickOnDetroit, and is loved by viewers all through Michigan and the U.S.

“We’re really honored to have America’s Thanksgiving Parade offered by Gardner White named the Finest Vacation Parade in America by USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Selection Awards for a 3rd time,” mentioned Tony Michaels, president and CEO of The Parade Firm. “This 12 months was a report 12 months with 9 wonderful new floats. We had been thrilled to have the ability to share it with thousands and thousands throughout the nation and are grateful for our unbelievable companions who assist us have fun this particular custom and shine a light-weight on our wonderful metropolis annually.”

Extra: Get pleasure from America’s Thanksgiving Parade floats all season lengthy

You may see outcomes from USA TODAY’s 2022 Finest Vacation Parade contest on their web site right here.

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