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B & B COLLISION NOVEMBER 24, 2025 • Vol. 44, No. 27
Grosse Pointe Santa Claus Parade still golden after 50 years BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
FARMS/CITY — The Grosse Pointe Santa Claus Parade is marking a major milestone this year as it turns 50. “This year’s parade will feature an expanded lineup of floats, school bands, and community groups,” Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jenny Boettcher said in an email interview. “Highlights of this year’s parade will feature spectacular floats provided by the Detroit Parade Company, dazzling largerthanlife inflatables, and the imaginative creativity showcased by many marching groups. Adding to the festivities, Grosse Pointe Theatre will deliver a special performance that See PARADE on page 22A
Santa Claus — the star of the Grosse Pointe Santa Claus Parade — has traveled the parade route in different vehicles and floats over the years; this photo — from circa 2007 — shows him aboard his former float. File photo by Randy Wilcox
GPT celebrates holidays — and new stage — with ‘White Christmas’ BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
PARK — Grosse Pointe Theatre will have local audiences dreaming of a “White Christmas” when they open this show at the new, state-of-the-art Schaap Center in Grosse Pointe Park next month.
The Irving Berlin musical, which kicks off GPT’s 78th season, will be staged Dec. 5 to 21 at the Schaap Center, which is GPT’s new, permanent home. In “White Christmas,” Army buddies Bob Wallace and Phil Davis are performing as a song-and-dance act after World War II when they run into a pair of singing sisters slated to play a Christmas show at a Vermont lodge. Smitten,
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the two men follow the sisters there in the hopes of winning them over. Standards such as “Blue Skies,” “Sisters,” “I Love a Piano” and the title track are among the songs audiences can expect to hear. “To me, this is the perfect holiday show,” said director Nick Marinello, of Mount Clemens. “As (former GPT See GPT on page 7A
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