Facebook event pages with incorrect information about the St. Charles Electric Christmas Parade and Holiday Homecoming are circulating online, the St. Charles Business Alliance is warning.
The annual holiday celebration will be taking place on Nov. 28 and 29 in downtown St. Charles, with the Lighting of the Lights event at 5 p.m Friday, Nov. 28, and the Electric Christmas Parade starting at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29, a news release from the business alliance said. The alliance’s official Facebook event page can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/events/2698579370483717.
The business alliance said the fraudulent online event pages can’t be removed “due to Facebook restrictions,” but, in the news release, offered a few suggestions for residents to determine if they are looking at the official event listing.
Among them are: ensuring the Facebook event page notes the correct dates, that the St. Charles Business Alliance and the city are listed as event hosts on the posting, that the listing contains a link to the official Holiday Homecoming website and that the location listed is 2 E. Main St. in St. Charles.
The release also noted that the official event is free, does not require a ticket, has no vendor opportunities and will not be livestreamed, so listings claiming otherwise are not representative of the official event.
The business alliance also noted that the city website features information on the event. Individuals with questions about the event can go to www.stcholidayhomecoming.com and can direct other questions to the alliance at 630-443-3967.
