SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

The Sacramento Santa Parade will march around the Capitol on Saturday morning. This marks the 42nd year of the event.

High school bands, civic groups, and Santa himself will make appearances around Capitol Park.

"There are a lot of memories," said Laurie Hensley.

Hensley is the director of the parade.

"We've had a couple of trying years with weather and a lack of funds," she said.

The parade began in 1983 with a partnership between the department store Weinstock’s and KCRA 3. It was a local event modeled after the Macy's Day Parade.

"Weinstock’s had some notion that putting on a local holiday parade would be a great community event," Hensley said. "For many, many years, it was the Saturday following Thanksgiving."

The two companies handed the parade over to Hen

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