Holiday Stroll & Tree Lighting Adds ‘Holiday Parade of Lights’

Litchfield’s annual Holiday Stroll & Tree Lighting event will add a ‘Holiday Parade of Lights’ this year!

The festive and fun-filled afternoon takes place on Sunday, Dec. 7 (from 3 to 5 p.m.) and will feature the classic elements families love:

Santa and Mrs. Claus will be hearing the wishes of children on the “nice” list outside the front entrance of The Abner hotel beginning at 3 p.m.

❆ The Women’s Auxiliary will make yummy chocolate dipped marshmallows in a booth located in front of the information booth on the Green.

The Boy Scouts will be serving hot cocoa at Union Savings Bank.

♬ There will be live holiday music & a cookie table outside the Belden House & Mews.

More things are still being planned, possibly including a holiday ornament station, so stay tuned.

Around 4:15, children and others who want to walk in the ‘Holiday Parade of Lights’ will head down to Wolcott and Meadow streets to join all the vehicles decorated with holiday lights – including fire trucks from the Litchfield fire companies, the Litchfield Volunteer Ambulance, residents’ vehicles, and even bikes. This glittering procession with escort Santa and Mrs. Claus back to the Green for the official holiday tree lighting.

(Vehicles participating in the ‘Holiday Parade of Lights’ will initially gather at Litchfield Public Works at 4 p.m. to begin lining up for the parade. Anyone interested in participating in should contact Park and Recreation Director Michael Lyn Cappello at (860) 567-7569 to reserve a spot.)

Watch the Litchfield CT Park & Recreation page for updates.