Two Of Our Favorite Holiday Parades Are This Week
Two of our favorite holiday parades are this week! And each features some of our favorite Philadelphia, Wilmington and WJBR personalities you heard on Turkeython this week!
We would like to thank 6ABC Action News personality Alicia Vitarelli who (for the fourth year) joined WJBR for Turkeython! This year she joined “Deanna and Justin In The Morning” at Hockessin’s Lantana Square Shopping Center Acme. Thanks to Alicia’s and everyone’s contribution, together we collected enough turkeys and food items to feed hundreds of families in New Castle County. The Ministry of Caring feeds the food insecure daily and has special holiday meals at their Emmanuel Dining Rooms.
We have the best listeners and we would like to thank you for your generosity.
Now we turn our attention to two of our favorite holiday parades!
THANKSGIVING IN PHILLY!
WJBR’s good friend Alicia Vitarelli joins 6ABC’s Cecily Tynan and Rick Williams for the oldest Thanksgving Parade in the USA, The 6abc/Dunkin’ Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia.
The parade get’s underway at 8:30 Thanksgiving morning. The parade goes through the heart of Center City Philly and ends the at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. If you go, expect special guest stars, awesome floats, balloons and performances.
SATURDAY IN WILMINGTON!
Then, this Saturday November 26th, join “Deanna and Justin In The Morning” as they host the 58th Annual Wilmington Jaycees Christmas Parade! Look for Deanna and Justin on Market Street in Downtown Wilmington starting at 11am. 
This year’s parade features local celebrities, marching bands, string bands, community organizations, floats, cartoon characters and of course Santa kicking off the holiday season!
If you go, the parade route starts at 2nd and Market and then travels north on Market Street. The reviewing stand with Deanna and Justin is at 10th and Market. The parade ends at 11th and Market.
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend from Mix 99.5 WJBR!
Christmas Tree Farms Near Wilmington DE
Wanna cut down your own tree this year? We are lucky that there are so many Christmas tree farms near Wilmington DE!
I grew up in Mays Landing NJ and growing up we cut our own trees!
However, we did not go to a tree farm. My Dad would find a field where shapely cedar trees would grow. Of course as a child I never gave any thought that those trees may have been standing on private property. And clearly my Dad did not care! We would quietly wander the field and my renegade Dad would saw the tree down. We did this for many years, until an incident, caused by me, happened one year.
Not realizing we were quietly trespassing and actually stealing a tree, I yelled “TIMBER!!” Well with that my Dad gave me a dirty look and said RUN! We ran to my Dad’s pick up, tossed the tree in the back and got out of there! (Read my brothers account here!)
That was the last time we did that.
Of course, not being a renegade like my Dad (who passed away in 1991) me and my own family have always gone to a Christmas tree farm. From the time they were little right up to recent years. It’s such a great family experience as there is always a camp fire burning, hot chocolate to be had and a hey ride into the field.
Over the years we’ve gotten many trees from close-by Linvila Orchards.
Below, check out my list of the best Christmas tree farms near Wilmington DE!
Most offer the cut your own tree experience, while others offer early season tagging where you can tag early for the tree to be cut down at a later time.
Most open this weekend or just after Thanksgiving.
