Yorktown Christmas Tree Lighting and Procession! Santa will be there too!
Christmas Tree Lighting – Victory Monument & Yorktown Waterfront
Friday, Dec. 1, 2023
Monument Festivities begin at 6:30 p.m.
Tree Lighting at 7:30 p.m.
Yorktown Christmas events kick off with Yorktown’s annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. This community tradition goes all the way back to 1945. That’s the year that Reverend Claud G. Barkley, Pastor of Yorktown Baptist Church, and staff from the County Clerk’s office, decorated a cedar tree that stood at the corner of Main and Ballard Streets. The York County Historical Committee works hard to keep this ritual going! The tree that is used today is a 20-foot artificial commercial “Giant Everest Fir” tree placed down in Riverwalk Landing.
Everyone is invited to gather at York Hall by 6:30 p.m. for live music including a performance by the Fifes and Drums of York Town. From there, the procession will make its way to Riverwalk Landing, where the tree lighting ceremony will begin. Make sure you stay for a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus, eager to hear all those wish lists!
Events:
6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
- Live musical performance from SantaBones at York Hall
6:30 to 7:15 p.m.
- Live music from TRADOC (Army Training and Doctrine Command) at Riverwalk Landing
7:30 p.m.
- Fifes and Drums leads a procession from York Hall to Riverwalk Landing
- Holiday cards for heroes in the Freight Shed
- Letters to Santa in the Freight Shed
Everyone is invited to gather at the Yorktown Victory Monument by 6:30 p.m. for live music including a performance by the Fifes and Drums of York Town. From there, the procession will make its way from the Victory Monument to Riverwalk Landing, where the tree lighting ceremony will begin. Make sure you stay for a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus, eager to hear all those wish lists! More info
For more Christmas events in December in Yorktown visit our Yorktown Celebrates Christmas post!
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