Reminder: St. James, Smithtown Christmas Parades Set for Saturday

Firetrucks, Santa Clause, some elves and a bunch of firefighters are set to invade your neighborhood with the 32nd Annual St. James Fire District Christmas & Holiday Parade and 33rd Annual Smithtown Fire Department Christmas Parade.

Both parades begin at 5 p.m.

For St. James, the parade will begin at Station One, located at Lake Avenue and North Country Road, and will have two breaks where it will stop to entertain locals: SJFD Station Two, located at located at 221 Jefferson Ave., at approximately 6:20 p.m., and Mills Pond Elementary School at roughly 7:15 p.m.

Get the full St. James parade route here.

The Smithtown parade will begin on Elm Avenue and there will be three long stops: first at Redwood Lane near the beginning of the parade, followed by a stop at Meat Farms and lastly close to the middle of the route on Central Road at Smithtown High School West.

Get the full Smithtown parade route here.