With fall here, the holiday season is not far off, and a group is already preparing to welcome the big man himself.

Fort William Rotary, Port Arthur Rotary, Lakehead Rotary, and the Rotaract Club put a call out for floats to register for the 33rd annual Rotary Santa Claus Parade.

"It's mid-November and just kind of starts the holiday season and people get in that mood pretty quick once they see the parade and see Santa at the end of the parade," said Allan Kozlo, past president of Lakehead Rotary Club and member of the Santa Claus Parade committee.

This year's parade in Thunder Bay will be held on Nov. 15 at 10 a.m. and will once again begin at the Real Canadian Superstore before moving down Memorial Avenue to the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium.

Following the parade the public is inv

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