Thousands line the Adelaide streets for annual Christmas parade

The biggest Christmas parade in the southern hemisphere has kicked off this morning, spreading festive cheer through Adelaide’s city streets.

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00:00Thousands of families have lined the streets here in the city with many camping out for

00:07hours to secure front row seats.

00:12The sun is out shining as the crowd awaits the arrival of Father Christmas.

00:17According to organisers about 300,000 people usually line the streets each year with 170

00:25different floats and performances on display for the pageant's 93rd year and people have

00:31come from far and wide to enjoy the day.

00:34I'm excited about seeing all of the floats come around because they all look cool and

00:38cool.

00:39All the atmosphere and all the joy and all that, yeah.

00:45I'm most looking forward to seeing my mum because she's in the pageant this year.

00:49What's she doing?

00:50She's being a clown.

00:52While there are still 47 sleeps until Christmas, the countdown has well and truly begun here

00:58in South Australia.