{"id":5936,"date":"2008-12-08T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/belmont-shore-celebrates-with-26th-christmas-parade\/"},"modified":"2008-12-08T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T07:00:00","slug":"belmont-shore-celebrates-with-26th-christmas-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/belmont-shore-celebrates-with-26th-christmas-parade","title":{"rendered":"Belmont Shore Celebrates With 26th Christmas Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style='float:left;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:5px;'><img src='images\/archive\/photo1885793.jpg' align='left' \/><\/div>\n<p>         The 26th Annual Belmont Shore Christmas Parade rang in the holiday season, rolling down 2nd Street over the weekend.&nbsp; People lined the streets to watch the action, and Belmont Shore was alive with bright lights and great music.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Check out my pictures&nbsp;from Saturday&#8217;s parade!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style='clear:left;' align='left' vspace='5' hspace='10'  src=\"http:\/\/i304.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn191\/LBPOSTphotos\/Samuel%20Lippke\/IMG_4090.jpg\"   \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style='clear:left;' align='left' vspace='5' hspace='10'  src=\"http:\/\/i304.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn191\/LBPOSTphotos\/Samuel%20Lippke\/IMG_4093.jpg\"   \/><br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Everyone jockeys for blanket and chair position during pre stages of the parade.<\/span><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style='clear:left;' align='left' vspace='5' hspace='10'  style=\"font-style: italic;\" src=\"http:\/\/i304.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn191\/LBPOSTphotos\/Samuel%20Lippke\/IMG_4119.jpg\"   \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">This photo shouts Belmont Shore! Everything from the bicycle, to the kids playing to Open Sesame and USC jerseys.<\/span><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style='clear:left;' align='left' vspace='5' hspace='10'  style=\"font-style: italic;\" src=\"http:\/\/i304.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn191\/LBPOSTphotos\/Samuel%20Lippke\/IMG_4136.jpg\"   \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Belmont Shore Shopkeeper,CSULB Alumni and long time Long Beach resident, Ed Kurkjian shows off his holiday spirit with an eye grabbing christmas tie.<\/span><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style='clear:left;' align='left' vspace='5' hspace='10'  style=\"font-style: italic;\" src=\"http:\/\/i304.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn191\/LBPOSTphotos\/Samuel%20Lippke\/IMG_4141.jpg\"   \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Washington Mutual quickly becomes headquarters to the hustle and bustle of the parade. Interviews,TV crews and judges gathered in front to enjoy the parade.<\/span><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style='clear:left;' align='left' vspace='5' hspace='10'  style=\"font-style: italic;\" src=\"http:\/\/i304.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn191\/LBPOSTphotos\/Samuel%20Lippke\/IMG_4160.jpg\"   \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Fake snow flys high as viewers ohhh and ahhh.<\/span><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style='clear:left;' align='left' vspace='5' hspace='10'  style=\"font-style: italic;\" src=\"http:\/\/i304.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn191\/LBPOSTphotos\/Samuel%20Lippke\/IMG_4165.jpg\"   \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Marching bands and drumlines are my favorites.<\/span><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style='clear:left;' align='left' vspace='5' hspace='10'  style=\"font-style: italic;\" src=\"http:\/\/i304.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn191\/LBPOSTphotos\/Samuel%20Lippke\/IMG_4169.jpg\"   \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Mayor Bob Foster and crew ride by on a classic firetruck. Our mayor urges us to, &#8220;Do just one thing for a neighbor this Holiday season, it will bring you joy being able to help and it will spread the Christmas spirit in our city.&#8221;<\/span><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style='clear:left;' align='left' vspace='5' hspace='10'  style=\"font-style: italic;\" src=\"http:\/\/i304.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn191\/LBPOSTphotos\/Samuel%20Lippke\/IMG_4236.jpg\"   \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Judging floats is an art. This is me trying to make it look easy.<\/span><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style='clear:left;' align='left' vspace='5' hspace='10'  style=\"font-style: italic;\" src=\"http:\/\/i304.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn191\/LBPOSTphotos\/Samuel%20Lippke\/IMG_4246.jpg\"   \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">I gave Kiwanis my vote for best float ranking them on Best Appeal, Creativity and Theme (which was &#8220;Water Wonderland&#8221; or &#8220;Under the Sea&#8221; &#8211; it&#8217;s been debated)<\/span><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style='clear:left;' align='left' vspace='5' hspace='10'  style=\"font-style: italic;\" src=\"http:\/\/i304.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn191\/LBPOSTphotos\/Samuel%20Lippke\/IMG_4251.jpg\"   \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style='clear:left;' align='left' vspace='5' hspace='10'  style=\"font-style: italic;\" src=\"http:\/\/i304.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn191\/LBPOSTphotos\/Samuel%20Lippke\/IMG_4288.jpg\"   \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Los Altos Baseball and Softball float brings energy and cheer to the parade. Cotton candy salesman standby for the photo op.<\/span><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style='clear:left;' align='left' vspace='5' hspace='10'  style=\"font-style: italic;\" src=\"http:\/\/i304.photobucket.com\/albums\/nn191\/LBPOSTphotos\/Samuel%20Lippke\/IMG_4292.jpg\"   \/><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Vistors to Belmont Shore aren&#8217;t on the same page about &#8220;Going Green&#8221; or keeping our street clean. But the city of Long Beach had this mess cleaned up in a matter of 15 minutes!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to BSBA (Belmont Shore Business Association) for hosting another great parade.<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br \/>I hope this Christmas Season brings you joy,peace and an attitude to help your neighbor as our Mayor urged.<\/p>\n<p>              <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">  body {  \tbackground: #FFF;  }  <\/style>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> body { \tbackground: #FFF; } <\/style><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hi-lo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5936"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=5936"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}