At the end of the parade, prizes and awards are given for creativity. The roads are closed for the parade's duration to assure safety.
Parade Time
Kennebunkport Christmas Prelude Photo Gallery
The annual Kennebunkport Christmas Prelude ushers in the holidays as only Maine can. These pictures capture the town's unique holiday traditions.
The Hat Parade is a fairly new Christmas Prelude tradition in which the people of the Kennebunks and tourists buy or create a hat, gather behind Alisson's Restaurant (the blue building to the left) and proceed across the bridge to The Best Of Everything.
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