{"id":439424,"date":"2025-12-11T05:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/439424\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T05:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:47:11","slug":"philadelphia-mummers-parade-takes-the-crown-as-americas-favorite-holiday-event-pennsylvania-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/439424\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Mummers Parade takes the crown as America\u2019s favorite holiday event | Pennsylvania News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA, Pa. &#8211; From coast to coast, festive parades usher in the holiday season with vibrant performances and dazzling decorations.<\/p>\n<p>To determine which events offer the best and most festive experiences, USA Today asked a panel of experts to nominate their top picks for holiday parades throughout the U.S., then readers voted for their favorites.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia\u2019s beloved Mummers Parade earned a place among the best, taking not only a top ten ranking but securing the number one spot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Mummers Parade is one of the longest-running traditions in the nation \u2014 the first parade took place in 1901 as a celebration of the new year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The colorful procession along Broad Street features performances by comics, string bands, and fancy brigades in spectacular costumes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA, Pa. &#8211; From coast to coast, festive parades usher in the holiday season with vibrant performances and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":439425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,105716,202939,105381,1448,2830,1311,202938,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,13627],"class_list":{"0":"post-439424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-broad-street","10":"tag-festive-parades","11":"tag-holiday-event","12":"tag-pa","13":"tag-pennsylvania","14":"tag-philadelphia","15":"tag-philadelphia-mummers-parade","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa","22":"tag-usa-today"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115699361620829922","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}