Portland Maine's 15th Annual Boat Parade of Lights

Portland, Maine has been staging a Christmas Boat Parade of Lights since 2001.  (For additional details on the history of the event, go here.)   Here is a video of this year's event, held earlier this month, from WPBN in Portland.  Others videos, some of greater length, can be found here, here and here. 

Portland Maine's 14th Annual Christmas Boat Parade of Lights

 

Earlier this month Portland, Maine held its annual Christmas Boat Parade of Lights.  The evening event features vessels of various shapes and sizes decorated with Christmas lights and sailing through Portland Harbor.  Founded in 2001, the parade has featured up to 37 vessels, including one or more ferries from the Casco Bay Lines, like that pictured above.  (See here for these and other historical details.)     Go here for a video of the event, set to "O Come O Come Emmanuel."  Go here for two spectacular photos of the fireworks display at the end of the event.  Finally, go here for a video of the 2009 parade.