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TWO SEATINGS: 8:30 AM and 11 AM
Benefits BOWS and BALLCAPS. Breakfast includes waffles, eggs, bacon and juice. Live entertainment, Free PHOTO with SANTA. Mrs. Santa, elves and the Grinch will be there for many photo opps. Goodie Bags by Ultimate party.
GINGERBREAD HOUSES ARE COMING! ~ Put together & decorate!
Willow Oak Arts Center, Springfield off the square
Two times offered. Check the time for your age group.
9 – 10:30 am: Ages 5-8
11 am – 12:30 pm: Ages 8 & up; Adults, too!
$20/individual $30/2 family members
To sign up: www.willowoakarts.org 615-380-8071
This will be our First Annual Rudolph Run 5K/Walk to help raise money for families in our community to have Christmas. This is a FUN RUN and will not be timed BUT we are going to give out prizes for the “Best” of the “Worst” dressed AND the first three runners to finish. So whip out your ugliest Christmas attire and join us for a eventful day!
Event details and schedule
Race will begin at 12:00pm. You can pick up your t-shirt before the race starting 10:00am. There is a course map attached. It will start at the Westmoreland Library and go around the parade route around town. It will be right before our annual Christmas Parade. There will be plenty of parking beside and behind the library. Bring your waivers and ID with you. This will not be a timed event BUT we are giving out prizes for the “best” of the “worst” AND the first three runners to finish, so wear your ugliest Christmas attire and come ready to have some fun! All proceeds from this event will go to help kids in the Westmoreland community to have Christmas this year!
Join us for our Miracle on Main Street Festival immediately following the White House Christmas Parade. There will be booths in the gym that will offer lots of holiday goodies like jewelry, cosmetics, clothing, crafts & decorations and food. There will be FREE photos with Santa! In the auditorium local choirs and musicians will entertain the crowds and there will be a special reading of the Night Before Christmas. And some great food trucks will be offering delicious fare for the guests.
Join us for the Annual Portland Christmas Festival & Parade on Saturday, December 3rd!
Festival Activities: 3:00-5:30pm on Main Street
(Activities include a visit with Santa, Cookie Decorating, Christmas Crafts, Vendors and more! Delaney’s Street Eats will have their food truck set up, the Senior Citizens will be selling homemade desserts & hot chocolate, and Generation Church will be playing live music!)
*Please note – vendors are limited to Portland Chamber members.*
The parade will start at 5:30pm. This year’s theme is “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree!” Parade applications can be picked up at the Chamber office (106 Main Street) or found at www.portlandcofc.com.
Following the ceremony there will be a tree lighting ceremony for the City Christmas tree.
Yulefest kicks off the holiday season with musicians, storytellers, and demonstrators in the cabins of the fort and in the historic home. Visitors can take their time listening to the sounds of yesteryear as they tour the sites and take in the beauty of simple, natural decorations.
Yulefest takes place on Saturday December 3, 2016 at 5:00pm and concludes at 8:00pm. This event is free and is for all ages. Parking for Yulefest is available at the Visitor’s Center and in Moss-Wright Park.
The Annual Christmas Parade which includes over 90 Entries from Schools, Boy Scouts, all the area companies, horses and antique Cars make this a very big and special Parade. Santa ends the festivities. This years Theme is “Dashing Through The Snow” and is presented by U.S. Pest, McDonald’s, Kimbro Air, Wyndham Professionals and others. Holly Thompson is one of the Celebrity Judges. FORMS at Chamber Office and City Hall.
Historic Cragfont invites the public to its annual Christmas Open House! The house is decorated in nineteenth century touches, and homemade treats and cider will be served throughout the event. Santa Claus will even make a stop at the Historic Cragfont Christmas Open House, so make sure you’re there to tell him your Christmas wishlist!
A visit to Cragfont is a step into the past, combining cultural and architectural history. Started in 1798, Cragfont was built for General James Winchester and was the finest mansion house on the Tennessee frontier when it was completed in 1802. The house typified the grandeur and style of the late Georgian period homes. The General named his mansion “Cragfont” as it stood on a rocky bluff with a spring at its base.
Other interesting features of the great house include the original stenciling on the parlor walls, the stippling on the parlor mantel and stair risers, the original woodwork and flooring, and the second floor ballroom, the first in the Tennessee country. The galleries on each side of the ballroom present beautiful views of the old garden, which as been restored, and the magnificent rolling countryside that the General himself would have gazed at through his mansion windows.
Are you the master Gingerbread House builder and decorator among your family and throughout your social circles? Then this is one event you don’t want to miss! Put your creative talents to good use during the 10th Annual Gingerbread Competition at Bluegrass Yacht and Country Club and claim your title!
Gingerbread Houses will be presented during the St. Nicholas Ball where they will be auctioned off.
Details:
PRESENTATION: Thursday, December 8th 10am to 7pm
JUDGING: Friday, December 9th, 2016 3pm
Entry Fee:
• PROFESSIONAL $ 25.00 FEE
• AMATEUR $ 20.00 FEE
• YOUTH (age 13-18) $ 15.00 FEE
• YOUTH (age 12-under) $ 5.00 FEE
Gingerbread House Competition Prized Will Be Awarded in Each Category
Professional • Amateur • Youth (13-18) • Youth (12-under)