This event has been canceled due to the weather forecast.
Join the festivities on Saturday, November 29, 2025, from 1 to 5 pm at City Center Plaza in Downtown Jerseyville.
Free family-friendly activities, including:
1 pm - Santa arrives by helicopter in the lot beside the First Baptist Church
1 - 4:30 pm - Family-friendly games & activities: inflatables, minute-to-win-it games, hayrides, photos with Santa, North Pole Post Office where kids can write a letter to Santa & receive a reply, free kids books from Here's to Reading
3 pm - Ugly Sweater Contest
4:45 pm - Presentation of Kringle Award
5 pm - Lighting of Jerseyville's official Christmas tree
5:15 pm - Rudolph's Red Nosed Parade - the parade will start at East Arch and follow Jefferson Street north to the high school parking lot
Additional Paid Activities
10 am - 5 pm - Allen Greenhouse will sell Christmas wreaths at the corner of South State and East Arch
1 - 6 pm - Wade Family Farms will sell live Christmas trees on the lot beside the Amoco gas station on North State Street
Enjoy Dolan Park's drive-through display and displays at Rotary Park, the Jersey County Courthouse lawn, City Center Park, Lion's Club Park, and Jerseyville's business district.
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