On Saturday downtown Center Moriches came alive with the sights and sounds of the Holiday Season as the Center Moriches Fire Department hosted the Annual Holiday Parade of Lights.

On a mild December evening thousands of people lined Main Street for as far as the eye could see.

The parade started at Montauk Hwy and Lake Ave and traveled down Main Street to Ocean Avenue.

The parade was filled with floats, bands, cartoon characters, community groups and fire & EMS companies. The parade ended with a visit from Santa who arrived on top of the Center Moriches Fire Department's Tower Ladder.

Just prior to the start of the parade, judges reviewed over a dozen floats and award trophies to the "best" floats. During the parade the winners were presented their trophies as they passed by the reviewing stand.

The 2014 trophy winners were:

Best Overall Float – Cultural Arts Center of Mastic Beach

Best Community Float – Helping Makes You Happy

Best Decorated Fire Apparatus – Ridge Fire Department

Best Fire / Ems Float – East Moriches Community Ambulance

Best Cub Scout Float – Manorville Cub Scout Pack 221 Den 6

Best Boy Scout Float – Manorville Boy Scouts Pack 221

The Center Moriches Fire Department would like to thank all of the participants for making the Holiday Parade of Lights a spectacular community event for thousands to enjoy.