Christmas parades are not a big thing here in Spain, however, King's Day Parades are a whole different story. On January 5, later in the evening - 9:00 ish, almost every city, town, or pueblo will have a King's Day Parade. This is how the kid's know that the kings have made it to their city and will be able to deliver presents to them for the King's Day (remember this is the big present day - the kids put their shoes out for the king's to put presents in and around. We had an American friend ask to borrow Scott's shoes for King's Day - he wears a size 12, she is only in the 4th grade). When the parade is over they return home and often find shoes already filled (assuming the king's dropped them off on their way to the parade).
In small pueblos where the "kings" are known people from the community parents will often give the kid's presents to the kings and as the parade is progressing the kids will receive their gifts, reinforcing that idea that the kings are real (sit on a king's lap and tell him what you want and then he delivers it as he arrives in town - sounds pretty real to me).
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