Breckenridge community plans variety of holiday events
As we approach mid-November, the calendar is filling up with holiday events, from the annual lighting of the community Christmas tree, along with Mingle and Jingle, this weekend to the Christmas parade next month.
Check out the following upcoming activities:
Turkey Dinner
The last we heard, First Methodist Church of Breckenridge still had a few tickets left to the annual Turkey Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 14.
The Turkey Dinner will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The meal will include turkey, dressing, gravy, potatoes, green beans, fruit salad, cranberry sauce, rolls and pumpkin or pecan pie. For those dining in, there will be tea, coffee or water to drink.
Tickets to the Turkey Dinner cost $15 per person and are available in advance only from church members, at the church office and at Clear Fork Bank and InterBank. No tickets will be sold at the door.
A bake sale will also be going on during the Turkey Dinner.
Click here to read more about the Turkey Dinner.
Tree Lighting and Mingle & Jingle
The Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce will team up with the City of Breckenridge to host the annual lighting of the community Christmas tree on the corner of Breckenridge Avenue and Walker Street at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15.
Following the tree lighting, local businesses in the downtown area and beyond will be open late for the Mingle & Jingle shopping event. Many of the businesses will be offering specials, as well as participating in the Chamber’s Mingle & Jingle Passport program, which will offer shoppers a chance to win prizes after visiting each of the participating businesses.
This year, the Mingle & Jingle sales events will continue on Saturday, Nov. 16.
Check out the Chamber of Commerce’s Facebook page for more information.
Breckenridge Craft Guild Show
The Breckenridge Craft Guild will host their annual Crafts Show at the First Methodist Church’s Christian Life Center from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24.
The event will include a variety of arts and crafts vendors, selling their products, including hand-painted art, metal art, woodwork, handmade jewelry, paper crafts, cards, pens and other handmade items. There will also be vendors with food items, such as homemade salsa, bread and jam and Christmas treats. Other items will include lotions, lip balms and more.
BS Cookers will be at the craft show on Saturday, selling barbecue from their food truck.
Christmas Parade
The Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce will host the annual downtown Christmas parade on Saturday, Dec. 14. This year’s theme will be “Rockin’ Around Walker Street.
The parade is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
There will be more details to come on having a float in the parade.
Cutline, top photo: City of Breckenridge Department of Public Services employees put up the community Christmas tree in Foundation Park last week. The annual lighting of the tree is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
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