<P> After being broadcast on WWJ, later WDIV, for over 20 years, local coverage switched to WXYZ for several years in the 1980s before returning to NBC - affiliate WDIV in the mid-1990s . It is televised on other stations around Michigan and across the U.S., as well as through Internet television . The coverage of the parade typically includes a preshow featuring a variety of musical acts, often with celebrity performers . The coverage concludes with the Mayor of Detroit giving Santa Claus the key to the city . </P> <P> Since 2014, the parade has started just North of Warren, at Kirby and Woodward Avenue in front of the Detroit Historical Museum and the Park Shelton . You can see the current parade route on The Parade Company's website . </P> <P> Prior to 2014, since 2006, the parade began at Woodward and Mack Avenues . The parade ends at Congress Street . The Mack to Congress route is the route the first parade followed in 1924 . The parade travels toward downtown from Mack Avenue, and after crossing over Interstate 75 I - 75), it enters Foxtown, near Detroit's Fox Theatre, the Hockeytown Cafe, and Comerica Park . From Foxtown, the parade passes through Grand Circus Park then into the business district, where it then enters the television coverage area near Grand River and Gratiot avenues . The route was from this route for several years during the construction of Campus Martius Park and the realignment of Woodward Avenue and other adjacent streets . The construction was completed in 2004 . </P> <P> For many years, ending with Hudson's withdrawal in 1979, the parade began at Woodward and Putnam near the Detroit Public Library and ended at Hudson's Marquee near Gratiot Avenue, where Santa alighted his sleigh and received the key to the hearts of children of Detroit from the mayor . In 1979, the route was moved several blocks north, beginning at Antoinette Street and ending at Adams Street, near Grand Circus Park . During this period, Santa alighted on the steps of the Detroit Institute of Arts to be welcomed by the mayor, then remounted to travel the remainder of the parade route . </P>

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