St. Patrick's Day Parade Scranton St. Patrick's Day Parade Scranton The St. Patrick's Parade Day in Scranton is one of the largest Saint Patrick's Day parades in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is held in Scranton, Pennsylvania every year on the Saturday of the weekend before St. Patrick's Day - even if St Patrick's day falls on a Saturday or Sunday. For Example, in 2013, St. Patrick's Day was on a Sunday, and the Parade was held on the Saturday of the previous weekend - March 9 The date of the parade is commonly referred to as "Parade Day". Festivities begin with a mass at 10:00 am
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special is a Halloween television special that aired on NBC on October 28, 2017. It stars Tom Hanks as "Saturday Night Live" character David S. Pumpkins. The 21-minute special was written by and also features Mikey Day, Bobby Moynihan, and Streeter Seidell. Peter Dinklage narrates the story, which follows a brother and sister who go trick-or-treating, meet Pumpkins and catch the troublemakers who had disrupted Halloween. "The Halloween Special" starts and ends with live-action segments directed by Don Roy King featuring David S. Pumpkins (Hanks), flanked by two skeletons