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Carriage rides will again be part of Light Up Lockport, taking place on Saturday. (ENP FILE PHOTO / SCOTT LEFFLER)

Light Up Lockport will return to the city Saturday with events all day long.

Starting with the second-annual Lockport Tacky Sweater Run, billed as "the ugliest 5K of you life," the annual event will also feature familiar events including the Historic Homes Holiday Tours, a pair of movies at the Historic Palace Theatre, the Parade of Lights, a coloring contest, Christmas crafts, a pet parade, a wreath sale, a scavenger hunt, food vendors, free pizza, hot chocolate, a "Cutest Little Elf" contest, tea and stories with Mrs. Claus, cookie decorating and more -- all culminating with the lighting of the Christmas tree on the Palace Theatre marquee. Check the full lineup below:

• 8 a.m. - noon: Hungry Hockey Players Breakfast at Cornerstone CFCU Arena
• 9 a.m. : Tacky Sweater Run beginning at the Palace Theatre with award ceremony at Lock 34
• 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.: Holiday Wreath Sale at the Old Post Office
• 10 a.m: "Elf" movie at the Palace Theatre
• 11:45 a.m.: Coloring contest winners announced at the Palace Theatre
• Noon - 1 p.m.: Free pizza at Papa Leos
• Noon - 2 p.m.: Santa and gifts at the Palace Theatre
• Noon - 2 p.m.: Lions Club eye screening at Cornerstone CFCU Arena
• Noon - 3 p.m.: Horse and carriage rides on Main Street
• Noon - 3 p.m.: Nativity display and crafts at Emmanuel Methodist Church
• Noon - 3 p.m.: Open house at downtown businesses
• Noon - 3 p.m.: Tours at the Lockport Fire Department
• Noon - 3 p.m.: Crafts and movies at the Lockport Public Library
• Noon - 3 p.m.: Swim and Reindeer Games at the YMCA
• Noon - 3 p.m.: Cookie decorating and tea with Mrs. Claus at Barker Chocolate Box
• Noon - 3 p.m.: Candle making at Candle Nook Cafe
• Noon - 3 p.m.: Holiday and hockey caricatures at Cornerstone CFCU Arena
• Noon - 3 p.m.: Balloon artist at the Palace Theatre
• Noon - 3 p.m.: Sean Conlin Photography photo booth at the Palace Theatre
• Noon - 6 p.m.: Scripts Cafe food tent
• 2 - 6 p.m.: Historic Homes Holiday Tour
• 3 - 5 p.m.: Family skating at Cornerstone CFCU Arena 
• 6 p.m.: Light Up Lockport Parade of Lights begins from the Niagara County Courthouse
• 6:45 p.m.: Tree lighting on the Historic Palace Theatre marquee
• 7:15 p.m. "Polar Express" movie at the Palace Theatre

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