Next weekend, December 13-15, get ready for shopping, parades, community breakfasts, and more. The annual Garretson Hometown Christmas will have something for everyone.
On Saturday, plan to get an early start by stopping at the Garretson Food Center and entering the drawing for a $25 gift certificate, and follow that with the Customer Appreciation Breakfast at the Legion, which will be available from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The Garretson Commercial Club holds this breakfast as a way to say “thank you” to the Garretson community for supporting our local businesses.
Also starting at 9:00 a.m., Palisades Chiropractic will be giving treatments for toy donations worth $15 or more, the Holiday Vendor Fair will open at the Legion, and the Treasure Chest will open with free crafts tickets for food pantry donations and some great sales.
At 10:00 a.m. the Garretson Museum will open with free popcorn and cider, and will be selling raffle tickets for a bull whip drawing that will be held at 3:00 p.m.
At 10:30 a.m. the “Shop Garretson First” drawings will be held at the Legion. Make sure you claim your cards today by spending your dollars in Garretson.
Starting at 11:00 a.m. the Arts & Crafts with Santa will begin at the Garretson School commons. Storytime will be from 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. also at the school (not at the Public Library), and O So Good and Tucker’s Walk will open for food and drinks. Tucker’s Walk will also have aerial silks performances at 3:00 & 5:00 p.m. and O’s will have live jazz music from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
At 12:00 p.m. a Retirement of Flags ceremony and demonstration will be held at the Legion. This allows flags to be properly retired when they have become worn or torn.
Starting at 1:00 p.m., the Tour of Nativity Scenes will open at Kris Rogen’s home. She has been collecting Nativities for several years, and just surpassed 850 beautiful pieces. Also, at 1:00 p.m., Humble Hill Winery will open with wine tastings and candy cane ornament classes.
From 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. fire truck rides and toddler train rides will be available, weather permitting.
At 5:00 p.m. the gates of Splitrock Park open for the Light the Park, but Santa will be heading over to the park after the Parade of Lights, which will be on Main Ave starting at 5:30 p.m. He will be visiting the Bathhouse in the park from approximately 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and handing out treats.
The final event of the evening will be at The Gulch, where Undercover Band will be performing starting at 8:00 p.m.
The full schedule of events is below.
Update 12/5/19: The flyer states that storytime is at the library; it will be held at the school.
