Several Christmas events are on tap to kick off the holiday season this weekend.

The Macon County Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Christmas Parade Saturday.

The parade will start at 1 p.m., beginning at the corner of Ellington Drive and Highway 52. It will follow the route west to Highway 10 North, proceed through the square and conclude at the corner of Highway 10 and Akersville Road.

The theme this year is "A Colorful Christmas" and the grand marshal will be Nancy Doss.

As a reminder, all entries to be judged must line up by 10:30 a.m. Line up numbers will be posted along Highway 52 starting at the Sunshine Market and working its way back to Fleetwood. All horse entries will line up at Ben Bray Real Estate.

Following the parade will be Christmas at Key Park, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. This event will feature a variety of food, fun and prizes. There will be free photos with Santa.

Musical guests include Billy Reason and the Hired Guns and Dale Meador with Marsha Briggie and Melanie Bowmann will be on hand. Other guests include Randy East and Kim Marsh.

As the name indicates, it will be held at Key Park.

As for the parade, there are 97 scheduled entries. Here are the entries, in order of scheduled appearance:

•Macon County Chamber of Commerce Christmas banner

•Macon County Sheriff Mark Gammons

•City of Lafayette Police Chief Jerry Dallas

•Parade Grand Marshal Nancy Doss

•Macon County High School band

•Macon County Rescue Squad

•Macon County Junior High School cheerleaders

•Macon County Shriner’s Club and Clown Club

•Macon County Mayor Shelvy Linville

•City of Lafayette Fire Truck No. 1/Mayor J.Y. Carter

•Red Boiling Springs Mayor Kenneth Hollis

•State Representative Terri Lynn Weaver

•Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Kidd

•Chamber of Commerce Executive Sec. Lona Vinson

•Mrs. Macon County Gayle Stinson

•Miss Macon County High School Kristin DeShea Gregory

•Little Miss Macon County Ashton Butcher

•Macon County Fair pageant winners

•Pee Wee cheerleaders

•Lafayette Little League

•Macon County Pee Wee Steelers cheerleaders

•Grace Baptist Church

•New Life Baptist Church Youth

•Cub Scout Pack 402

•Hartsville Twirlers

•Macon County Pee Wee Little Titans

•Miss Petite Macon County

•Boy Scout Troop 405

•Macon County High School chorus

•Fairlane Elementary

•Bama cheerleaders

•Bulldogs cheerleading and football

•Pee Wee Cowboy football players and cheerleaders

•Mustang football team

•Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee

•Kyle and Kristen Hale, Wendy, Hillary and Nolen Morrison-Kabota

•Little Vols football team and cheerleaders

•Girl Scout Daisies

•Taekwonde Family Fitness

•Hewitts Auto Parts & Paint

•J’s Grill

•Webbtown Propane Company

•Huston’s Restaurant

•Terry’s Taxidermy

•MWT Public Safety equipment

•David Crowder

•Cash Express LLC

•Richard Willette Concrete

•Seed Morton - 1964 Chevy II Nova

•Johnny Hurt - 1965 Red Chevy truck

•Wendy Dallas - 1968 Pontiac Firebird

•Phillip Snow - 1944 MB Willis Jeep

•Bonnie Taylor - 1929 Essex 4-door Blue

•Jeff Bilbrey - 1942 WC-51 Ambulance

•Citizens Bank

•Macon Bank & Trust

•NCTC

•Macon County General Hospital

•Red Boiling Springs Fire Department

•Macon County Riders/Riding for a Reason

•Lafayette Aglow

•Lafayette Lions Club

•West Macon Rescue Squad

•Macon County Rescue Squad

•Jerry Bilbrey - Farmall Tractor 1950

•Larry Bray - LA John Deere

•John Frye (ATV)

•Brooklyn Driver (ATV)

•Jaron Coots (ATV)

•Jeffrey Cornell (ATV)

•John Frye (ATV)

•Kinli Wix (ATV)

•Kason Wix (ATV)

•Brandy Struck (ATV)

•Nathan Struck (ATV)

•Mike Edmonds (ATV)

•Diana Lawing (ATV)

•Junior Evans (ATV)

•Kolt Evans (ATV)

•Terry Lynch and Jimmy Davis

•Junior Bartley

•James Lamb

•Jesse Warner

•James Warner

•Amanda Warner

•Jeremy Young

•Jessie Jones

•Jennifer Slayton

•Lynn Slayton

•DesRae Slayton

•Devin Slayton

•Cherie David

•Hannah David

•Austin David

•Heather Knight

•Chico Knight

•City of Lafayette Fire Truck, the last vehicle in the parade, with Santa.