Hollywood Christmas Parade Loses Luster

[Carrie]

MSN (http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=174444)
Nov 28, 2004

The biggest stars at the Hollywood Christmas Parade this year will be the marble ones under the feet of spectators. The annual parade, which winds past the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was once a tradition as rich and famous as the celebrities who graced its floats: Jimmy Stewart, Bob Hope, Mary Pickford and Gregory Peck, to name a few.

But the event's cachet has declined so much in recent years that the Hollywood personality generating the most excitement for the 73rd parade on Sunday is a cartoon character — SpongeBob SquarePants.

The other big names? Female boxer Laila Ali, the winners of the reality show "The Amazing Race 5" and out-of-tune "American Idol" loser William Hung.


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[davec8]

The fact there's even Christmas parade's going on before it's even December show's what sad shape this world is in.
Radio Station's starting 24/7 Christmas music right after Holloween, November Christmas parades. Is it too much to ask to wait until at least the middle of December. The comercialism this time of year makes me sick. It's why I hate Christmas.

[Nilly_Chipples]

I actually enjoy this time of the year...for only one reason. This is when I feel closest to my father. I don't care about commercialism or anything else other than making myself and everyone around me as happy as I possibly can.