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Christmas parade float decorated as a gingerbread house, with candy canes, snow, a Santa figure, and a snowman, moving through downtown Nashville in the rain.
December 6, 2018

Christmas Parade again rallies support for Children’s Hospital

The 65th Annual Piedmont Natural Gas Nashville Christmas Parade, presented by Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, kicked off the holiday season on Saturday, Dec. 1, in downtown Nashville. Again, this year, the parade supported Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and its programs.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Santa Claus in a red suit and white-trimmed hat walks through a hospital lobby as seated adults watch.
September 27, 2018

Nashville Christmas Parade scheduled to roll Saturday, Dec. 1

Officials from Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Piedmont Natural Gas and Tootsies gathered Sept. 20 to gear up for the 65th annual Piedmont Natural Gas Nashville Christmas Parade presented by Tootsie’s.

By Vanderbilt Health News
A holiday parade float styled as a blue-and-white locomotive, labeled “THE WESTIN NASHVILLE,” passes through downtown Nashville amid crowds, flags, and decorated storefronts.
December 7, 2017

Nashville Christmas Parade

In its 64th year, the Nashville Christmas Parade on Dec. 2 — themed “The Musical Mile!” — was a celebration of music with a record number of celebrities, marching bands, floats and large balloons filling the streets of downtown Music City with holiday festivity.

By Vanderbilt Health News
A child in a blue shirt interacts with a person in a striped dog mascot costume and a blonde woman at an indoor event.
October 31, 2017

Piedmont Natural Gas and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt continue partnership for 64th Annual Nashville Christmas Parade presented by Tootsie’s

Officials from Piedmont Natural Gas and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, joined by Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, announced today that retired Nashville Predators Captain Mike Fisher will serve as Grand Marshal for this year’s 64th annual Piedmont Natural Gas Nashville Christmas Parade presented by Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge. Children’s Hospital will again benefit from some of the proceeds from the parade.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Group of adults and Santa Claus pose indoors while holding a sign announcing the 63rd annual Nashville Christmas Parade and naming Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt as the beneficiary.
August 26, 2016

Piedmont Natural Gas and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt create partnership for utility’s 63rd Annual Nashville Christmas Parade presented by Tootsie’s

By Vanderbilt Health News