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Twilight Christmas parade lights up downtown Harlem

Date: December 15, 2024
By Skyler Andrews

The City of Harlem capped off Columbia County’s festive launching of the holiday season with its yearly Twilight Christmas Parade.

Impact Church continues its four-year tradition, serving hot cocoa at Harlem’s Christmas tree lighting. Photo by Skyler Andrews.
Mr. Grinch’s hijinks at Harlem’s Twilight Christmas parade. Photos by Skyler Andrews.
Rudolph rides down Louisville Street at Harlem’s Twilight Christmas parade. Photo by Skyler Andrews.

The celebration started at 6 p.m., preceded by its yearly Christmas festival in downtown Harlem. The procession, with most floats bedazzled with colorful lights, started from the city park, making its way up Milledgeville Road to downtown on Louisville Street, ending at North Harlem Elementary School.

North Harlem Elementary School Choir treats the town with renditions of “Somewhere in My Memory,” “Frosty the Snowman” and other Christmas classics. Photo by Skyler Andrews.

Skyler Q. Andrews is a staff reporter for The Augusta Press. Reach him at skyler@theaugustapress.com.

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The Author

Skyler Andrews is a bona fide native of the CSRA; born in Augusta, raised in Aiken, with family roots in Edgefield County, S.C., and presently residing in the Augusta area. A graduate of University of South Carolina - Aiken with a Bachelor of Arts in English, he has produced content for Verge Magazine, The Aiken Standard and the Augusta Conventions and Visitors Bureau. Amid working various jobs from pest control to life insurance and real estate, he is also an active in the Augusta arts community; writing plays, short stories and spoken-word pieces. He can often be found throughout downtown with his nose in a book, writing, or performing stand-up comedy.

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