The Long-Suffering Wife noticed an announcement on the FaceBook page for the local town we’ve moved to about an event at the Civic Center park with Santa, music, food, and the town Christmas tree lighting. We’re trying to be proactive about getting out and getting active in the town that we’ve chosen as our Forever Home, so off we went.
IT WAS LOVELY!!
Booths with lots of crafts and toys. Tons of people with their dogs, including an incredibly sweet and patient Great Dane. Free cookies & hot chocolate. Other food trucks, everything from pizza, crepes, Mexican food, coffee, and ice cream. Dozens and dozens of inflatable figures and a gazillion lights on the trees all through the park.
We had a wonderful sunset, then the place really lit up. The park itself (first time we’ve been over to the Library and Civic Center area) is great, plenty of benches and room to roam, fountains, and so on. We heard that during the summer there are Friday night concerts there – something to watch out for in 2026 and beyond! Plenty of parking. All in all an extremely pleasant place. We picked a good place to live!
The fountains were off but still had water in them, so there were reflections to be seen. The stage had music from a local band as well as the bands and choral groups from at least two of the local high schools. There was a dance group made up of grade school and middle school students. Santa and Mrs. Claus came in via the local LifeFlight helicopter and were scheduled for a couple hours of taking pictures with kids.
My goofy “Dr Seuss” style sproingy Christmas hat was a big hit, I got many compliments.
We didn’t stay for the tree lighting since we were getting hungry, but you can bet we’ll keep an eye open for other community events such as parades, concerts, or other holiday celebrations.
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