Christmas Ships Parade

{{Short description|Annual Christmas ships parade in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}

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|caption = Christmas ships in the Willamette River at downtown Portland, 2013

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The Christmas Ships Parade, or Christmas Ship Parade,{{Cite web|url=https://katu.com/news/local/christmas-ships-parades-schedule-portland-2017|title=Christmas Ships parades begin on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers this weekend|date=28 November 2017|website=Katu.com|access-date=16 December 2021|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124143713/https://katu.com/news/local/christmas-ships-parades-schedule-portland-2017|url-status=live}} is an annual Christmas ships parade in Portland, Oregon, United States. The tradition was established by a single boat in 1954.{{Cite web|url=https://www.christmasships.org/about-us/story|title=Christmas Ship Parade - Our Story|website=Christmasships.org|access-date=16 December 2021|archive-date=13 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213193120/https://www.christmasships.org/about-us/story|url-status=live}} The 57th annual parade was held in 2019.{{Cite web |date=5 December 2011 |title=Christmas ships sail Columbia, Willamette rivers for 13 nights |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2011/12/christmas_ships_sail_columbia.html |access-date=16 December 2021 |website=The Oregonian |archive-date=29 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229015652/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2011/12/christmas_ships_sail_columbia.html |url-status=live }} A virtual event was held in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}