Celebrate the Season Parade Celebrate the Season Parade The WPXI Holiday Parade previously known as the Celebrate the Season Parade is one of the traditional parades held each year in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving Day; that is, the last Saturday in November. It is one of the first events that rings in the holiday season and airs annually on WPXI, the local NBC-affiliated television station in Pittsburgh. The 2018 WPXI Holiday Parade will be the 38th annual Holiday Parade in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The first parade was held in 1980 and aired on local FOX affiliate WPGH-TV
State Patty's Day With an excess of over 4,600 members in 2008, along with an effort to get bars in downtown State College involved, the group was successful in moving the holiday to Friday March 2, a day that has been dubbed as State Patty's Day. Currently, the State Patty's Day Event Page has grown to nearly 12,000 followers. The holiday has grown to such an extent that it attracts a significant number of out-of-town visitors; in 2011, nearly 60% of day's 234 arrests were for visitors. In 2012, the number reported was just under 20%. Magisterial District Judge Carmine Prestia, who serves