Here comes Santa Claus: Parades begin this weekend

You better watch out, you better not cry, and so on.

It’s the holiday season, and the first local Santa Claus parades run this weekend.

One of the biggest takes place Saturday morning along King Street, running from Bridgeport Road in Waterloo to Cedar Street in Kitchener.

Events there get underway at 10 a.m., presented by the Lions Club of Kitchener.

Volunteers with the Food Bank of Waterloo Region will be along the route to collect donations of non-perishable items.

Elsewhere, parades are being held Saturday in Cambridge, Woodstock, Ingersoll and Tillsonburg, and Sunday in Guelph.

Looking for a parade near you? Here’s a full list:

• Arthur: Saturday, Nov. 29, beginning at 7 p.m.
• Atwood: Saturday, Dec. 13, beginning at 7 p.m.
• Ayr: Saturday, Nov. 29, beginning at 1 p.m.
• Baden: Saturday, Dec. 6, beginning at 1:30 p.m.
• Brantford: Saturday, Nov. 29, beginning at 6 p.m.
• Burford: Saturday, Dec. 13, beginning at 5 p.m.
• Cambridge: Saturday, Nov. 15, beginning at 6 p.m.
• Clifford: Saturday, Nov. 29, beginning at 7 p.m.
• Drayton: Friday, Dec. 5, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
• Elmira: Saturday, Dec. 6, beginning at 10 a.m.
• Elora: Saturday, Nov. 29, beginning at 6 p.m.
• Erin: Saturday, Nov. 29, beginning at 1:30 p.m.
• Fergus: Saturday, Dec. 6, beginning at 1:30 p.m.
• Guelph: Sunday, Nov. 16, beginning at 1 p.m.
• Harriston: Saturday, Nov. 29, beginning at 3:30 p.m.
• Ingersoll: Saturday, Nov. 15, beginning at 11 a.m.
• Innerkip: Saturday, Dec. 13, beginning at 6 p.m.
• Kitchener: Saturday, Nov. 15, beginning at 10 a.m.
• Listowel: Saturday, Nov. 29, beginning at 7 p.m.
• Mitchell: Friday, Dec. 5, beginning at 7 p.m.
• Monkton: Saturday, Dec. 6, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
• Moorefield: Saturday, Dec. 6, beginning at 1 p.m.
• Mount Forest: Friday, Dec. 5
• New Hamburg: Sunday, Dec. 7, beginning at 6 p.m.
• Palmerston: Saturday, Dec. 6, beginning at 7 p.m.
• Paris: Saturday, Dec. 6, beginning at 6 p.m.
• Puslinch: Sunday, Nov. 23, beginning at 2 p.m.
• Shakespeare: Saturday, Dec. 13, beginning at 1 p.m.
• St. Clements: Saturday, Dec. 20, beginning at 1 p.m.
• St. George: Saturday, Dec. 13, beginning at 6 p.m.
• Stratford: Sunday, Nov. 23, beginning at 4:45 p.m.
• Tavistock: Saturday, Nov. 29, beginning at 1 p.m.
• Tillsonburg: Saturday, Nov. 15, beginning at 2 p.m.
• Waterloo: Saturday, Nov. 15, beginning at 10 a.m.
• Wellesley: Saturday, Dec. 13, beginning at 6:45 p.m.
• Woodstock: Saturday, Nov. 15, beginning at 6 p.m.