# Waterloo Christmas Walk and GLOW Holiday Lighted Parade > Event for families in the St. Louis area (MO / IL). Times are Central Time. - When: Sat, Nov 28 (+1 more date) · 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM - Where: Historic Downtown Waterloo, 100 S Main St, Waterloo, IL 62298 - Ages: Check age guidance - Price: Free carriage rides and visits with Santa - Organizer: Explore Waterloo (City of Waterloo) - Official page: https://www.waterloo.il.us/ - Last checked: Wed, Oct 28 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Nov 2, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-11-01), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/waterloo-christmas-walk-and-glow-holiday-lighted-parade--listing-7d6112877a61bc29137ea539 ## About Waterloo's Christmas Walk fills historic downtown Waterloo over Thanksgiving weekend. Visitors pick up a shopping card and have it stamped at participating merchants and restaurants, and several stamped cards are drawn for prizes of $1,000 in gift certificates. For families, the weekend's highlights are free carriage rides, visits with Santa, and the GLOW Holiday Lighted Parade, an evening parade of lighted entries put on by the Waterloo GLOW group that steps off at 5:30 pm on Saturday. Sunday brings a holiday concert and the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce's Lamppost Decorating Contest. The City of Waterloo says the walk is always held the week and weekend of Thanksgiving. 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