(Banner Staff File Photo) The annual Bullard Christmas Parade, sponsored by the Bullard Area Chamber of Commerce, will begin at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7. The parade route will continue through the Bullard downtown area. The Bullard Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade will start at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7 in downtown Bullard.

Parade participants will line up at Bullard Elementary School on Panther Crossing, turn right onto Schoolhouse Road, proceed up F.M. 344 through town, turn right on Phillips Street (traveling in front of City Hall), then turn right onto Tyler Street and conclude by traveling back down Schoolhouse Road.

Pictures with Santa in the Gazebo will begin at 5 p.m. and will continue after the parade.

Downtown restaurants will offer $5 meals from 5-8 p.m. the day of the parade only.

Parade sponsors include Texas National Bank, Rodger Johnson, Austin Bank and Edward Jones Investments.

There is no entry fee for floats entered in the parade. Participants should be at the staging area in front of Bullard Elementary School no later than 5:30 p.m. The order of floats will be determined by the parade committee.