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Depending on which weather service you like, the rain chance for tonight’s Christmas Parade in Lakeland is 30% (The Weather Channel), 50% (Weather Underground) or 55% (Accuweather.) Festivities begin with fireworks over Lake Mirror at 7 p.m. More than 120 organizations are participating in the parade. If you stay home, you can watch via cable or Internet on LGN. Many people will watch from chairs they set up in advance, a practice that’s coming under fire. Here’s the parade map: