105th Annual Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade, California, USA

Join over a million viewers as you watch beautifully decorated yachts, boats, kayaks and canoes sail along the harbor in the 105th Annual Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade. Hosted by the Commodores Club of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce, we invite you to celebrate this year as we feature the theme “Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree!”

This American tradition is more than 100 years-old! The Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade brings together the nautical passion of Newport Beach, California and holiday spirit, dazzling million visitors each year. More than 100 watercraft, from million-dollar yachts and a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, to kayaks and canoes, will participate in America’s oldest parade on water. The Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade has been acclaimed as one of the famous Christmas Happenings in USA.

The boat parade will set the harbor ablaze for five consecutive nights, beginning Wednesday, December 18 and ending Sunday, December 22, 2013. The parade starts off Bay Island at 6:30 pm and finishes at the same site at approximately 9:00 pm each evening.

Beautiful multi-million dollar yachts, kayaks, canoes and other small boats will light up the harbor as a dazzling array of holiday lights and music fill the air at the Christmas Boat Parade. Many of the boats will be richly decorated with animated Christmas scenes accompanied by music and costumed carolers. Some boat owners in the past have spent over $50,000 to decorate their vessels for the event. The Christmas floats will wind their way some 14 miles around the harbor to give viewers in restaurants, yacht clubs, on public beaches, and in private homes an incredible sight that has delighted millions of people for a century.