Philadelphia's Mummers Parade Named Nation's Best Holiday Parade In USA Today Poll

The votes are in the and the people have spoken.

The Mummers Parade has been named best holiday parade in the country in a USA Today 10 Best Readers' Choice poll.

Philadelphia's Mummers Parade, which dates back over a century, beat out other well-known annual holiday events such as New York's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and Chicago's Magnificent Mile Lights Festival.

The annual New Year's Day strut down Broad Street is a colorful procession with performances by comics, string bands and fancy brigades all decked out in their spectacular, eye-dazzling costumes.

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