You're Invited!

Join the Melrose Area Chamber and area businesses to celebrate small businesses and kick off the holidays!

Featuring family friendly events, music, live nativity, lighted parade, fireworks and more!
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Friday, November 28th, 2025
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Schedule for Friday, November 28th, 2025

12 pm
Medallion Hunt Winner
receives $100 Chamber Bucks

BINGO, ALL AGES
1 - 4PM | Melrose Senior Center

CRAFT/VENDOR SHOW
1 - 5PM | Melrose City Center

MELROSE BOY SCOUTS KIDS CRAFT
1 - 4PM | Kraemer Lumber

MELROSE GIRL SCOUTS KIDS CRAFT
1 - 4PM | Austin Floral

HAIR TINSEL
1 - 5PM | Modern Rose Salon

HAIR BRAIDING
1 - 5PM | Hairs by Janiz

CRAFT, FACE PAINTING, MUSIC
2 - 5PM | Melrose Library
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Visit Santa
2 - 6PM | Coborn's

SANTA'S ELVES WORKSHOP
2 - 7PM | Woods and Irons

KID'S ACTIVITIES
3 - 6PM | Some Like It Hot

FREE COOKIES
4 - 6PM | MAGNIFI
​STEARN ELECTRIC POLAR EXPRESS RIDE
4 - 6:30PM | Finken

BIRCH HILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH LIVE NATIVITY
4 - 7pm | Bike Shelter

CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES & FIRE BARREL
4 - 7pm | Melrose Bowl

HARVEST CHURCH TRACTOR TROLLY RIDE
4 - 7pm | Finken

HARVEST CHURCH WINTER HAYRIDE
4 - 7pm | Melrose Bowl

HORSE & CARRIAGE RIDE
4 - 7pm | Freeport State Bank

ST. PAUL’s LUTHRAN FREE HOT CHOCOLATE
5pm | JD’s Taphouse

MELROSE TRACK TEAM KIDS JINGLE RUN
7:15pm | 4 - way stop

PARADE
7:30pm | Main Street

Fireworks
  Following parade 

We're so excited to welcome Santa at Melrose Coborn's! Get in the spirit of the holidays & bring the whole family to see Santa on Friday, November 28th anytime between 2pm – 6pm.

Thank You to our 2025 Sponsors 

American Family Insurance
Central MN Realty
Kraemer Lumber
Leedstone
Meadowlark Country Club
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Melrose
Melrose Senior Center
Melrose Women Of Today
Uphus Law Office
West Central Sanitation
Worms Lumber & Ready Mix

Parade Theme and Expectations

Parade Theme
​CHRISTMAS LIGHTED is our parade theme for 2025. We encourage floats to depict your favorite Christmas theme with lots of lights. Prizes for best lighted / themed unit will be:

1st Place - $100 Chamber Bucks 2nd Place - $50 Chamber Bucks 3rd Place - $25 Chamber Bucks

Route: The parade staging will start on 5th Ave NW. Turn left onto Main and the parade will conclude at Melrose Bowl 6th Ave SE. Please be sure to include your email address to keep in touch about any updates or changes. Due to the longer route, we recommend riding only. Floats must keep pace with the parade.

Parade Notes
* Lineup will occur on 5th Ave NW 7pm.
* Route: The parade staging will start on 5th Ave NW. Turn left onto Main and the parade will conclude at Melrose Bowl 6th Ave SE. Please be sure to include your email address to keep in touch about any updates or changes. Due to the longer route, we recommend riding only. Floats must keep pace with the parade.
* Individuals throwing candy & merchandise must be able to throw to the curb and not into the street. 
* Units with multiple participants meet at another location and enter the parade line up as a group on your parade unit if possible. (JENNY -O- Parking) is a good pickup and drop off spot.
* All units with animals must have a cleanup team.
* All towing vehicles and walking units must keep up with the pace of the parade.
* No use of alcoholic beverages will be allowed on units during the parade.

REGISTER YOUR FLOAT HERE: forms.gle/UAZNf9vCi9NCCyAm8