Sand Springs Christmas Parade canceled
/For the second time in three years, the annual Festival of Lights Christmas Parade has been canceled in Sand Springs.
The parade theme was supposed to be The Joy of Giving, and the 38th annual Chamber of Commerce event was scheduled for Friday, December 4th at 7:00 p.m.
The Festival of Lights ran annually from 1983 to 2012 and didn’t face its first cancelation till 2013. Inclement weather struck again in 2018, and this time around the COVID-19 pandemic is the culprit. Active caseload in the state reached a record-high of 20,632 on Tuesday, and Sand Springs is reporting a record-high of 125.