15th Annual Christmas Under the Stars Festival Presented by Intersect Power:
Saturday, December 2nd, 10 AM – 2 PM
This is a holiday tradition made for the whole family! It’s Breakfast with Santa at 10 AM at Pat Coursey Park, Bounce and Slide Inflatables, Big Wheel Races, Barrel Rides for Kids, Christmas Crafts, Cookie Decorating, Christmas Music, and Story Time for the whole family.
STREET CLOSURES will begin at the corner of Baker St. and Center St. in front of Pat Coursey Park, Clark St. to Brown St. along Baker St., and E. Lee St. to East St. on Center. This area will be closed from 7 AM till 3 PM on December 2nd. Parking is encouraged in the Landmark Life parking lot.
The Heart of Texas Baptist Encampment will be doing a Tractor Pull to help transport families through downtown. We have several non-profit organizations that will be in the park with activities for the kids as well as pop-up vendors and Downtown Businesses doing Christmas crafts and selling everything you’ll need for Holiday gifts. Santa will be available for pictures in the park till 2 PM following breakfast.
Downtown is organized into Christmas-themed districts.
Gingerbread Lane (on Center St. between Anderson St. and Adams St.):
Santa’s Workshop (Pat Coursey Park & Surrounding Businesses)
Ornament Ally (Shaw’s, Urban Roots, Grazed and Confused)
Snowman Street (Fisk Ave. between Baker St. and Anderson St.)
Candy Cane Lane (Adams St. between Fisk Ave and Center St.)
Saturday, December 2nd, 10 AM – 2 PM
This is a holiday tradition made for the whole family! It’s Breakfast with Santa at 10 AM at Pat Coursey Park, Bounce and Slide Inflatables, Big Wheel Races, Barrel Rides for Kids, Christmas Crafts, Cookie Decorating, Christmas Music, and Story Time for the whole family.
STREET CLOSURES will begin at the corner of Baker St. and Center St. in front of Pat Coursey Park, Clark St. to Brown St. along Baker St., and E. Lee St. to East St. on Center. This area will be closed from 7 AM till 3 PM on December 2nd. Parking is encouraged in the Landmark Life parking lot.
The Heart of Texas Baptist Encampment will be doing a Tractor Pull to help transport families through downtown. We have several non-profit organizations that will be in the park with activities for the kids as well as pop-up vendors and Downtown Businesses doing Christmas crafts and selling everything you’ll need for Holiday gifts. Santa will be available for pictures in the park till 2 PM following breakfast.
Downtown is organized into Christmas-themed districts.
Gingerbread Lane (on Center St. between Anderson St. and Adams St.):
- Gingerbread Cookie Decorating with Sunflour Cafe at Luna Maya (10 AM – 2 PM)
- Book reading of The Gingerbread Man at Saturday’s (1 PM)
Santa’s Workshop (Pat Coursey Park & Surrounding Businesses)
- Music in the Park (10 AM – 2 PM)
- Guest Appearance from the Cast of ‘The Happy Elf’
- Book Reading of ‘The Night Before Christmas’ at Intermission Bookshop (11 AM & 1 PM)
- Inflatable Bounce House and Slide from Ratliff Bounce Houses
- Big Wheel Races - Sponsored by: Matthew Williams State Farm, Sonic Drive-In, Condor Document Services, and Lehnis Railroad Museum & Visitors Center
Ornament Ally (Shaw’s, Urban Roots, Grazed and Confused)
- Book reading of ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ at Shaw’s Marketplace (11:30 AM)
- Mini Christmas Terrarium at Urban Roots (11 AM, 1 PM, 3 PM)
- Mini Christmas Charcuterie class at Grazed & Confused (1:30 PM, 3:30 PM)
Snowman Street (Fisk Ave. between Baker St. and Anderson St.)
- Book reading of ‘Frosty the Snowman’ at Over the Rainbow (12 PM)
- Snowman Photo Background and Sidewalk Sale at Elite Auction and Estate Sales
- Book Reading and Activity at The Art Center
Candy Cane Lane (Adams St. between Fisk Ave and Center St.)
- Book reading of 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' at Sassy Stitches Beauxtique (12 PM and 2 PM)