Wilmington Santa Parade Route Set For Sunday, Dec. 6

WILMINGTON, MA — The Wilmington Santa Parade is Sunday, with the man in red touring the town and collecting donations beginning at 9 a.m.

The stops Santa traditionally makes at schools and town buildings will not happen this year, due to the coronavirus.

But you can still make donations for the fire department's Toys for Wilmington Children drive, food for the Wilmington Food Pantry and letters to U.S. service members. According to the parade's Facebook page, volunteers will collect donations on the roadside during the tour.

"If you feel uncomfortable approaching the volunteers, either put them down on the road and a volunteer will collect them or you can drop them off at the Wilmington Public Safety Building outside the front door," the organizers wrote.

A portion of the route will be dedicated to the late Wilmington resident state Trooper Thomas Devlin.

The approximate route is below:

9 a.m. -11 a.m.: We will be traveling through Metro Apts, Deming Way, down Marion hitting Eleanor along the way. Then down Butters Row to Towpath and Appletree. Chestnut from Appletree to the Woburn line hitting Mill. Main St from Woburn down Eames turning left onto Woburn St through Lucci's plaza right onto Lowell. We'll circle Regency Place off West going down West to Woburn looping Wildwood and Federal then going down Woburn to Lowell. Traveling Lowell hitting Molloy, Fairfield, Allen Park Dr, Parker, Adams to Middlesex to Adelaide.

11:15 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.: Clark St, Wilmigton Plaza, Richmond to old Shawsheen cutting through Canal, Burt and Harris. Back on 62, we'll hit Roberts, Dell and Castle before heading to Forest. After Forest, we'll hit Andrew, Houghton from Andrew to Kendell back to Aldrich. Boutwell hitting Taft and Roosevelt before turning off to Carter. Head up Shawsheen to Aldrich hitting Bailey and Apache and Hopkins.

12:20 p.m. - 1 p.m.: We'll hit Grace, Melody, Reed, Pouliot, Sandy and Reed. We'll go up Nichols hitting Fairmeadow, Jere, Russell and loop Rhode Island and New Hampshire. Then we'll loop Manning and Moore before heading down Lake to Grove. After Grove, we will hit Mass Ave and Brattle to Glen

1 p.m.- 2 p.m.: Santa and his friends need a breather

2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Other side of Brattle, Garden to St. Paul, Cary, King, Broad, Seneca, Tacoma, Gloria Way, Dobson and Fay (Glen Rd side), Gandalf Way, Agostino to Clorinda. Then Glen, Glendale, Lawrence, Shady Lane to Oakdale. Oakdale to Judith to Cedarcrest then down Pinewood heading to 62. North St, Dadant Marcia, Linda High St

2:45 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.: We are heading to Woburn St, Sheridan and Chapman, Hathaway to Gunderson, Gunderson to Evans, Draper to Apollo Charlotte, Marie. Then we'll head down Park, and hit the Gowing, Marcus and Oakridge neighborhood. We'll also hit the Freeport, Lucaya Heather neighborhood. We'll travel Woburn St to Concord down Concord to Federal Hill turning right On Middlesex traveling to Salem to Ballardvale by the North Intermediate heading to Andover St.

4 p.m. -approx. 5:15 p.m.: Andover St towards Andover. Hensey Way, Fiorenza, Ashwood, loop Target, Avalon Dr, then down Salem St hitting Arlene. Ella, Dorothy and Catherine. Then we'll hit McDonald, McGrane before hitting Avalon West (Evergreen Dr). Then we'll hit Cunningham to Everett, Everett to Faulkner and Heading down Main St from Glen.

Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or chris.huffaker@patch.com.