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Santa Claus is Coming to Town

2025 parade route is set

Staff Report

Get ready, Winthrop! The Winthrop Firefighters Local 1070 are thrilled to announce the 2025 Santa Parade Route. Santa will begin his journey at Deer Island around 4:30 PM and make his way through town, spreading holiday cheer before heading back to the North Pole. New for this year, keep an eye out for a link to a Google Maps LIVE tracker on Christmas Eve, so you can follow Santa’s location in real-time and know exactly when to run to the window! The live tracking link will be available on the Winthrop Firefighters Local 1070 Facebook page.

Please note: All times listed below are estimated.

4:30 PM

• Leaves Deer Island to Tafts Avenue.

• Tafts Avenue to Elliott Street.

• Left on Elliott Street to Church Square.

• Left on Shirley Street to Triton Avenue.

• Down Triton Avenue to Bay View Avenue.

• Bay View Avenue to Shirley Street.

• Left on Shirley Street to Crystal Cove Avenue.

• Crystal Cove Avenue to Park Avenue.

• Left on Park Avenue to Beacon Street.

• Right on Beacon Street to Beacon Circle.

• Left on Shore Drive to Tewksbury Street.

• Left on Tewksbury Street to Shirley Street.

4:45 PM

• Right on Shirley Street to Cutler Street.

• Continues down Shirley Street (wrong way) to Veterans Road.

• Right on Veterans Road to Locust Street.

• Left on Locust Street to Revere Street.

• Right on Revere Street to Sagamore Avenue.

• Right on Sagamore Avenue.

5:00 PM

• Sagamore Avenue to Grovers Avenue.

• Left on Grovers Avenue to Cliff Avenue.

• Right on Cliff Avenue to Seal Harbor.

• Seal Harbor to Pond Street.

• Right on Pond Street to Highland Avenue.

• Right on Highland Avenue to Nahant Avenue.

• Nahant Avenue to Grovers Avenue.

• Left on Grovers Avenue.

5:30 PM

• Grovers Avenue to Highland Avenue.

• Right on Highland Avenue to Cliff Avenue.

• Cliff Avenue to Quincy Avenue.

• Left on Quincy Avenue.

• Quincy Avenue to Upland Road.

• Left on Upland Road to Revere Street.

• Left on Revere Street.

• Right on Revere Street at Crest Avenue.

• Continues down Revere Street to Harvard Street.

• Left on Harvard Street to Franklin Street.

• Franklin Street to Cross Street.

• Right on Cross Street.

6:00 PM

• Right on Main Street to Bowdoin Street.

• Left on Bowdoin Street to Centre Street.

• Right on Centre Street to Hermon Street.

• Left on Hermon Street to Belcher Street.

• Belcher Street to Winthrop Street.

• Left on Winthrop Street to Atlantic Avenue.

• Left on Atlantic Avenue to Hermon Street.

6:30 PM

• Right on Hermon Street to Main Street.

• Right on Main Street to Winthrop Street.

• Left on Winthrop Street to Banks Street.

• Banks Street to Main Street.

• Right on Main Street to Pleasant Street.

• Left on Pleasant Street to Lincoln Street.

• Left on Lincoln Street to Brookfield Road.

• Right on Brookfield Road to Pleasant Street.

• Left on Pleasant Street to Waldemar Avenue.

7:00 PM

• Left on Waldemar Avenue to Pauline Street.

• Right on Pauline Street to Lowell Road.

• Lowell Road to Maple Road.

• Maple Road to Loring Road.

• Right on Loring Road to Court Road.

• Court Road to Johnson Avenue.

• Johnson Avenue to Somerset Avenue.

• Left on Somerset Ave.

7:30 PM

• Somerset Avenue to Pleasant Street.

• Right on Pleasant Street to Cottage Park Road.

• Right on Cottage Park Road to Bartlett Parkway.

• Left on Bartlett Parkway to Orlando Avenue.

• Orlando Avenue to Bartlett Road.

8:00 PM

• Right on Bartlett Road to Pleasant Street.

• Right on Pleasant Street to Plummer Avenue.

• Right on Plummer Avenue to Frances Street.

• Left on Frances Street to Sunnyside Avenue.

• Left Sunnyside Avenue to Pleasant Street.

• Left on Pleasant Street to Bartlett Road.

• Right on Bartlett Road to Jefferson Street.

• Jefferson Street to Putnam Avenue.

• Right on Putnam Avenue to Buchanan Street.

8:30 PM

• Left on Buchanan Street to Winthrop Street.

• Right on Winthrop Street to Washington Avenue.

• Washington Avenue to River Road.

• Left on River Road to Chester Avenue.

• Left on Chester Avenue to Bowdoin Street.

• Right on Bowdoin Street to George Street.

• Left on George Street to Winthrop Street.

• Left on Winthrop Street to Jefferson Street.

• Jefferson Street to Putnam Street.

• Right on Putnam Street to Pauline Street.

• Right on Pauline Street to Winthrop Fire HQ.

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