Crowds come out for 43rd annual Montrose Christmas Parade

The marching band from Crescenta Valley High School performs during the Montrose Christmas Parade this past Saturday.

By Mark Kellam

Dec. 10, 2019 4:35 PM PT

The 43rd annual Montrose Christmas Parade traveled down Honolulu Avenue this past Saturday, with crowds lining the street to enjoy the holiday event.

The parade included school bands, Scout troops, business representatives and dignitaries.

The parade was started in the early 1950s when MGM musical star Dennis Morgan created an afternoon holiday parade. However, when he moved away, the parade came to an end, according to the Montrose Christmas Parade Assn.’s website.

Then, the Montrose Chamber of Commerce and the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. revived the parade in 1976, with significant help from local merchant Frank Roberts.

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Mark Kellam

Mark Kellam was city editor of the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader. He joined Times Community News in July 2011 as the business-politics reporter and was promoted to city editor in January 2013. Previously, he was an editor at the Los Angeles Daily News and managing editor at Champion Newspapers in Chino, Calif. Prior to that, he was an editor at Amos Suburban Newspapers in Dayton, Ohio, for several years. Kellam holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.