The city of Santa Fe and the Historic Neighborhood Association are preparing for up to 30,000 participants in this year’s Christmas Eve Farolito Walk

No changes are planned for the annual event, which involves strolling Canyon Road, Acequia Madre and other east-side streets to see the displays of paper bags with votive candles and bonfires of pitch wood.

Motor vehicle traffic will be strictly limited in the area. All shoppers and other nonresident vehicular traffic must leave the Canyon Road area by 5 p.m. Dec. 24.

No vehicles will be allowed to enter the area after 5 p.m.

Canyon Road, East Alameda Street, Acequia Madre and all other roads in the area will be closed to automobiles at 5:30 p.m. City buses will be the only vehicles allowed on Paseo de Peralta from East Alameda Street to Old Santa Fe Trail.

Residents can pick up one parking pass per residential address in the event area at the city’s Accounts Receivable Office at City Hall, 200 Lincoln Ave., Room 124, Thursday through Dec. 23. Residents must show a document with their address, such as a driver’s license, utility bill or cable bill.

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