Nisswa City of Lights

Nisswa welcomes the holiday season with a countdown to lighting up the town that culminates with a fireworks display on Friday, November 27. The downtown area lights up all at once at 5:30 pm, with holiday lights adorning trees and fences, stores and other buildings. Festivities for the annual event begin in the afternoon with horse-drawn wagon rides, live reindeer, storytelling, food merchants, bonfires, hot cider and donut holes at the Pioneer Village and holiday carolers. After the countdown to turning on all the lights, Santa Claus makes an appearance and fireworks shoot up over town at 7:30 pm.

Schedule of Events:
2:00 – 7:30pm         Eats & Treats – Enjoy Delicious Food Items Around                                 Town
2:00 – 4:00pm         Write a Letter to Santa & Kids Christmas Crafts                                 – Nisswa Chamber Office Lighting of Bonfires – Paul                                 Bunyan Trail & Nisswa Square
2:30 – 7:00pm         Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides – Nisswa Square
3:45pm                    Polar Express Storytelling – Caboose on Main Street                                 (Limited Seating)
3:30 – 6:30pm         Live Reindeer – BlackRidgeBANK parking lot
4:00 – 7:00pm         Strolling Carolers Throughout Downtown
4:00 – 5:45pm         Santa Claus – Come See Santa at the Nisswa Square
4:00pm                    Storytelling – Turtle Town Books & Gifts
4:15pm                     Polar Express Storytelling – Caboose on Main Street                                 (Limited Seating)
4:30pm                     Central Lakes College Brass Ensemble – Nisswa                                  Square
4:45pm                    Polar Express Storytelling – Caboose on Main Street                                 (Limited Seating)
4:45pm                    Free Hot Cider & Donut Holes – Pioneer Village
4:45 – 7:00pm         Kids Crafts with Black Bear 4H Club – Pioneer Village
5:00pm                    Lighting of the Luminaries – Pioneer Village
5:30 – 6:00pm         Holiday Carolers – Gazebo on Main Street
5:00 – 7:00pm         Live Nativity Scene, Provided by Lake Country Parish                                 Youth – Pioneer Village
5:29pm                    Countdown to the Lighting of Nisswa!
5:30pm                    LIGHT UP THE TOWN!
5:45pm                    “Love Lights a Tree” Ceremony, Good Samaritan                                 Communities – Pioneer Village
6:00pm                    “Here Comes Santa Claus!” Christmas Carolers Perform                                 and then SANTA Arrives! Gazebo on Main Street
7:30pm                    Fireworks! – Nisswa Community Center
8:00 – 11:59pm       Live Music – Indoors at the Nisswa                                 American Legion  AND Drawing for the “Lighting of the                                 Lights” Raffle 34th Annual

***Schedule subject to change

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