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    • Nov 27, 1937
    Gene Autry appears in the Santa Claus Lane Parade in Los Angeles along with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
    Nov 24, 1939
    Gene Autry is the grand marshal of the Santa Claus Lane parade in Hollywood. Watched by 300,000 people, the procession also features Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour and Kris Kringle, who rides in a $20,000 sleigh
    Nov 22, 1940
    Roy Rogers serves as grand marshal of the Santa Claus Lane parade in Hollywood
    Sep 1, 1941
    Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger march in the Labor Day Parade in Los Angeles
    Sep 9, 1943
    Roy Rogers and the smartest horse in the movies, Trigger, take part in San Francisco's Admission Day Parade
    Nov 23, 1945
    Dale Evans appears in Hollywood's annual Santa Claus Lane parade, alongside George Burns, Hoagy Carmichael and Abbott & Costello
    Nov 22, 1946
    Gene Autry rides in the Santa Claus Lane parade in Hollywood, as do Roy Rogers, Jack Benny and Red Skelton. When Autry hears children shout, "Here comes Santa Claus," he's inspired to write "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)"
    Nov 15, 1947
    Merle Travis receives a key to the city of Drakesboro, Kentucky, where a parade is held in his honor
    Nov 26, 1947
    The Santa Claus Lane parade proceeds in Los Angeles with Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassidy all riding horses down Hollywood Boulevard
    Apr 30, 1948
    Bing Crosby, who picked up a country hit by teaming with The Andrews Sisters on "Pistol Packin' Mama," serves as the grand marshal of the Apple Blossom Festival parade in Winchester, Virginia



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