Uptown Westerville is a Place for Holiday Memories

December 5th, bundle up in your coziest winter warm and join the City of Westerville, the Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Westerville Uptown Merchants Association, as we light up Westerville's 2008 holiday season on December 5th with Home for the Holidays.

Home for the Holidays begins with the City Tree Lighting Ceremony in front of City Hall (21 S. State) at 7 p.m. and will include performances from the Westerville Community Band and Otterbein Kinderchor along with the placement of the U.S. Bicentennial (1976) and Celebrate Westerville (2008) time capsules in the City Hall courtyard.

The holiday season kickoff also features candlelight & holiday carols, hot chocolate & cookies from Westerville Sertoma, and arrival via firetruck of a very special, very honored, North Pole-based, jolly old guest!

After the tree lighting, please join the Westerville Uptown Merchants Association for a hometown evening to make memories in Uptown Westerville and enjoy our beautifully decorated shops & businesses, dinner, drink & dessert, shopping, holiday specials, horse-drawn carriage rides, music, and other holiday treats like....

▪ Free Horse-drawn Carriage Rides from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
▪ Uptown Merchants Holiday Shopping with Extended Hours
▪ Secret Santa Gift Shop at Gallery 202 with Special Hours Just for Kids from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
▪ Westerville North High School Notables' Strolling Carolers.
▪ Music from Westerville Central's Jazz Central.
▪ Westerville Public Library Storyteller with Booker, the bunny
▪ A Live Nativity at Church of the Messiah
▪ Mail Letters to Santa at It's All In The Name
▪ Westerville Citizens Police Academy Alumni Westerville Bobbies

Keep checking back for more details.

See you at the tree lighting!

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