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Date:
December 6, 2019
Time:
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Time Details:
Pre-lighting festivities begin at Yorktown's Victory Monument at 6:30 before procession to waterfront.
Location:
Riverwalk Landing
Address:
331 Water Street
Yorktown, VA 23690
Cost:
Free
Christmas Tree Lighting
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Christmas Tree Lighting

Friday, December 6, 2019

The holiday fun kicks off with Yorktown’s annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony.

This community tradition goes all the way back to 1945. That's the year that Reverend Claud G. Barkley, Pastor of Yorktown Baptist Church, and staff from the County Clerk’s office, decorated a cedar tree that stood at the corner of Main and Ballard Streets. The York County Historical Committee works hard to keep this ritual going! The tree that is used today is a 20-foot artificial commercial “Giant Everest Fir” tree placed down in Riverwalk Landing.

Everyone is invited to gather at the Yorktown Victory Monument by 6:30 p.m. for live music including a performance by the Fifes and Drums of York Town. From there, the procession will make its way from the Victory Monument to Riverwalk Landing, where the tree lighting ceremony will begin. Make sure you stay for a visit from Santa, eager to hear all those wish lists!  


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