Waveland Strong hosted the Waveland Christmas Celebration on Saturday. This year we organized it a little differently and it was ideal. Instead of trying to cram 60 kids plus parents in a tiny community room, we asked local places to host one activity. That also meant that they organized and found volunteers too.
But first Santa had to arrive to town. A processional of fire vehicles escorted him to the library where he would be stationed for pictures.
Camden still gets sooo excited about his arrival!
The kids got to pick a toy from the box and each get a bag of candy after their moments with Santa.
Our local preschool teacher read Christmas stories to kids before or after they visited Santa.
Another stop was our local pizza store, called Italian Pie & Bakery. The owner baked up a bunch of sugar cookies in their pizza ovens and had a bunch of decorating supplies out.
Camden took her time and did a really cute snowman.
I made one too because the cookies were so delicious! A new shop across the street which is a catch-all shop, but will have an ice cream business this summer, joined in on the celebration and said if the kids stopped by, he would give them a free cone of ice cream (He has a stock of hard scoop, but can't sell until his freezer in the front of the shop is fixed). Camden took advantage and had a scoop of chocolate chip.
Then it was over to the fire station for some games led by our local 4-H club (and a few firemen). We had a cake walk with Little Debbie Christmas trees and brownies as prizes and another "mix-up" game. Both are kid favorites!
The final stop was one of the local churches who did a snowflake craft and showed a Veggie Tales video.
This was a successful event and we can't wait to build on it next year!
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