EAST PEORIA ( 25News Now ) - It’s the unofficial start of the holiday season.

Thousands lined the streets of East Peoria for the 41st Annual Festival of Lights Parade.

Organizers presented 41 floats with colorful LED lights.

Included in the parade of floats...

70-foot-long float of the famous Clydesdale horse team pulling a delivery wagon

95-foot-long smoke-spewing Chinese dragon

Chopper motorcycle

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

The Duck and Ducklings

160-foot-long Steam Engine Train

The Star Trek themed USS East Peoria, back for the first time in three years

Riding on one of the floats were members of the 25News team.

The floats in Saturday night’s parade can be seen as part of the Festival of Lights Winter Wonderland display, which opens Black Friday, Nov. 28 at VFW Park of

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