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Home for the Holidays

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Home for the Holidays
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From our downtown tree lighting and free ice skating to visits with Santa, carriage rides, a festive gingerbread competition, a holiday scavenger hunt, and the annual Light the Night Christmas Parade, there's no shortage of holiday fun to enjoy! 🎄✨ Join us December 4-6 for a weekend full of family-friendly activities, community traditions, and Christmas magic in Downtown Delaware!
Starting on -
Friday, December 4
6 to 9 p.m. First Friday Tree Lighting
Main stage with performances by local music groups, community vendors, festive activities, and more!
7 p.m. Tree Lighting Ceremony Begins (remarks and countdown)
5 to 9 p.m. Skating Rink at the Welcome Center
Located behind the Delaware Welcome Center (20 E William Street) enjoy free ice skating provided by Snappy’s Automotive & their Mason Foundation.
8 to 9 p.m. Visit with Santa at The Delaware Welcome Center, walk-ins welcome!
6 to 9 p.m. Carriage Rides, $2 per person ages 6 and older, more details coming soon.
Continuing on -
Saturday, December 5
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dash for Dasher beginning at COhatch, Santa has lost his reindeer Dasher, and we need your help to find him—explore downtown following Santa’s clues and have fun along the way!
3:30 p.m. The Great Gingerbread Build Off at COhatch
11 to 3 p.m. Visit with Santa at the Delaware Welcome Center
11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Walk-ins welcome, 12 to 3 p.m. By appointment only.
1 to 5 p.m. Skating Rink at the Welcome Center
1 to 3 p.m. will be a kids only skate with lessons provided by the Warcats Hockey Team
Wrapping up on -
Sunday, December 6
1 to 5 p.m. Skating Rink at the Welcome Center
6 p.m. Annual “Light the Night” Christmas Parade, steps off from Mingo Park & travels down Sandusky Street to Wilmer Street
Thank you to all of our Community Investors:
Hiram Masonic Lodge
Willow Brook Christian Communities
Suburban Natural Gas
Wendy’s
COhatch
First Commonwealth
Snappy’s Automotive
The Mason Foundation
The Roesch Family
Delaware Pediatric Dentistry
Planet Marca
Destination Delaware
The Modern Maid
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Delaware County District Library
Little Buckeye Learning Center Delaware
AudioNova
Pathways Financial Credit Union
Modern Woodmen, The Denney Agency
Delaware Eagles 376
Performance Delaware
Honda Marysville Motorsports
Artomotive
Kemba Financial Credit Union
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