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Holiday Season Kicks Off In Style
Holiday Season Kicks Off In Style
Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent
People comment that A Very Vegreville Christmas gets them into the Christmas spirit! Vegreville embraced this festive time when the town hosted this event, which started with the Christmas Light-Up Parade with 24 floats down Main Street on November 29.
A crowd braved the cold to wave to the big guy in red and view the enchantment of sparkly floats and the distinctive rural feel of others, including a pony, a few tractors, and vehicles. Candies were thrown to excited children while lovely Christmas recorded music played in the background.
RONA Vegreville was running a Hot Chocolate stand and a drop-off food collection box, which raised $400. All proceeds will go to the Vegreville Food Bank.
From there were activities at Vegreville Aquatic and Fitness Centre which had a free Cooking Decorating Station sponsored by Adam’s No Frills, free photos with Santa, a free Wibit Swim, and free public skating at Wally Fedun Arena.
Christmas Carols by Debbie Fedoruk’s Music Studio Singers at the lobby were a crowd-pleaser.
The Tourism Coordinator for the Town of Vegreville Michelle Gladys said the town hosts this to offer an affordable event for families, bring the community together, and officially kick off the holiday season.
“All of the events at the Rec Centre were well attended. We are grateful to the volunteers, Rotary Interact Club, and the Vegreville Centennial Library, without whom we wouldn’t be able to offer all the activity options we did.”
