Each year there is a light festival on a street in Chicago, Illinois. This street is known as the Magnificent Mile.
More than one million lights are placed on 200 trees along the Magnificent Mile. There is also a firework display that lights up the sky.
The festival has a parade with marching bands and floats. A float is a platform built on a vehicle. The floats are decorated in different ways for the parade.
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