Anniversary of the D-Day Landings

FRANCE is always an exciting destination and June 5 and 6, 2019 will mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and the launch of the crucial Battle of Normandy, which paved the way for Europe's liberation and the end of WWII. 

The anniversary will also include military parades, fireworks, giant picnics, concerts, airdrops, and of course, a great international ceremony attended by the Allied heads of state on June 6.

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Fifth Avenue not just for shopping

EACH year on #Easter, falling on Sunday, April 16 this year, celebrants don festive attire and show off their very best bonnets along Fifth Avenue at the Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival. 

Immortalized by Irving Berlin (with some help from Judy Garland and Fred Astaire), the pageant is a #NewYork City tradition that stretches back to the 1870s. 

Starting at 10am and continuing until 4pm, the #parade marches north on Fifth Avenue, from 49th Street to 57th Street. The best place to watch is from the area around St. Patrick's Cathedral; better yet, bring your bonnet and join the parade.

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The Main Street Electrical Parade returns to Disneyland Park

THE Main Street Electrical Parade, one of the most popular of all Disney parades, returns to #Disneyland Park Friday January 20, 2017 with all the lights, sounds, music and fun that have made it an icon. With nightly performances through Sunday, June 18, guests will have a limited time to enjoy the parade’s encore performance.

The dazzling and colorful after-dark parade premiered in Disneyland in 1972 and has been seen at Disney Parks around the world. Its last Disneyland Park performance was in November 1996, and at Disney California Adventure Park in 2010.

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Reindeers on Parade

THE annual #reindeer parade and Christmas procession through Truro, #Cornwall happens on Wednesday November 30 this year and is a favourite in the family festive calendar, heralding the start of late night shopping in the city.

The reindeer parade starts at 6.45pm from Victoria Square and travels via Little Castle Street, River Street, St Nicholas Street, King Street, Princes Street, Green Street, Lemon Quay and Lower Lemon Street and finally ending in Victoria Square.

There are chances to enjoy looking at the reindeer along route, which takes about an hour.

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Jersey’s parade of the flowers

JERSEY’S big event in August is the island’s annual #BattleoftheFlowers.

The Daytime Parade will be on August 13, and the Moonlight Parade is on the evening of August 14. 

This year’s designated charity is the British Red Cross.

What began more than a century ago as a one-off celebration to mark a royal coronation – of King Edward VII – has grown into one of the largest floral carnivals in Europe.

In those early days, the floral floats were mostly horse-drawn. 

The tradition at the time was for flowers and petals to be torn from the floats and thrown to women in the crowd, in the hope that they would be thrown back … which explains how the ‘Battle’ got its name. 

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