Santa Claus is coming to town [Video]

The excitement is starting to build for this year’s Santa Claus Parade returning to downtown Windsor. This year, Santa will bring some special guests along with him.

“We’ve got a lot of new interests and that that always excites us,” said Maggie Durocher, Executive Director of the Windsor Parade Corporation, who has noticed an increase in applications for this year’s Windsor Santa Claus Parade.

“It started a lot earlier than it typically does. There is a lot of excitement.”

The parade will march down Ouellette Avenue starting a 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7. It will begin at Wyandotte Street heading towards the river before turning left onto Riverside Drive and ending at Caron Avenue.

Durocher said there are new participants that are bringing a new aspect to the parade.

“Even local retailers that are coming in with floats that they’re designing around,” she said.

More than 40 vendors will …