Old Orenco, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA
'Tis the Season! UPDATED WITH 2026 INFORMATION!
Ron Bulmann created the parade and leads every year!
About Us
'Tis the Season
In December of 2008, about a week before Christmas, Ron Bulmann decorated his new John Deere lawn tractor, sporting antlers and a red nose with a Santa in the back, he toured the streets of Old Orenco each evening until Christmas Eve. He must have made quite an impression, because by the 3rd night, 2 more neighbors had decorated their lawn tractors and joined him. The next year a couple more neighbors joined and by about the 3rd year we had well over 10 floats. This was the year that "someone" complained to the police about the airhorn the parade used to draw people out of their homes (it played jingle bells). The police finally tracked them down, and told them in the future they need a permit from the city. The permit is free they told them. The catch to that was that the City won't issue a permit without proof of a $2,000,000 insurance policy.... of course that isn't free. For years we struggled with fund raisers to collect enough money to purchase the insurance. The last few years, we've depended on the help of web apps like Go Fund Me. Thank you if you are able to help!
ten years a special float
2018 was the 10th anniversary of the parade, Ron changed his float a little bit to commemorate this special year!
Fun for All Ages
Ron's usual float. Ron has always led the parade and kept his float the same (except for our 10th year).
Join in...create your own float!
Join the parade! Build a float and meet up on any/all of the parade dates at 6:45pm, NE 71st Ave between Birch and Dogwood
everyone is welcome!
You can join the parade too! Just decorate your vehicle and trailer and come on out
no rules...almost no rules
The only rule(s) are you need to carry a fire extinguisher on your float (no one has ever had to use it, but is a requirement of our insurance). You can't throw candy (or anything else) from your float. This is a requirement of the City and our permit.