The city of Green Cove Springs is hosting an unforgettable and festive Christmas parade this year and adding in a special guest star in its celebrations.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – St. Augustine has done it again! The city has been selected by Condé Nast and Country Living as one of “The Best Places to Spend Christmas in the U.S.”The city made the list based on the best Christmas light displays, holiday decorating and holiday craft. List: Best Christmas light displays around JacksonvilleSt. Augustine hosts a Christmas Parade (canceled this year due to COVID-19), Nights of Lights, trolley rides and more. Every year, 20 blocks of St. Augustine’s historic district are lit up with some three million lights during the annual Nights of Lights. Nights of Lights was your choice for Jacksonville’s best holiday light event.

MACCLENNY, Fla. – City Manager Phil Rhoden announced Tuesday that Macclenny’s popular annual Christmas Parade would not be taking place this December because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. “You cannot control the number of people there and you cannot control social distancing,” Rhoden told the commissioners. “If we do have the parade, half the people are going to be mad, and we have put people at risk,” Rhoden explained. “We just don’t see any way to do it and do it safely and feel comfortable in doing that,” Rhoden said. He suggested that if the pandemic gets under control by spring they could hold a new event to celebrate the community.