Santa’s Station to open after Uptown Normal mini parade

Posted on November 30, 2017

By WJBC Staff

NORMAL – Santa Claus is coming to town. Uptown actually.

Uptown Normal welcomes the return of Ole Saint Nick on Saturday for the grand opening of Santa’s Station.

The festivities will start as 12:30 p.m. with a mini parade welcoming Santa, Mrs. Santa and their elves. They will be escorted by the Normal Fire Department, the Normal Police Department, and U-High’s Marching Band.

During the mini parade, there will be a pause in traffic flow on North Street from School Street to Uptown Circle including intersections and along the south side of Uptown Circle.

Once Santa and his crew arrives, there will be short program by U High’s band, and Santa’s Station will be open for visitors from 1-4:30 pm. Santa’s Station is free, but donations will be accepted to benefit various non-profit organizations. Grand opening donations will be given to Special Olympics.

The holiday fun will continue through the afternoon with free hot chocolate and funnel cakes and free carriage rides provided by Hileman Carriage Service from noon-4 pm.

Santa’s Station hours and carriage rides schedule are available at www.uptownnormal.com. Santa is still seeking volunteer elves. Anyone interested may contact Adam Fox at [email protected].

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