Patrick County Christmas Parade & Hometown Christmas
Dec 2
- 3
Uptown Stuart/Downtown Stuart
- Stuart, VA
SAVE THE DATES: The Christmas season officially kicks off on Main Street in Stuart on Friday, December 2nd with Hometown Christmas. The sixth annual "Grand Illumination" tree lighting ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. in front of the courthouse, along with other festivities such as "photos with Santa and a s'mores bar." The Patrick County Alzheimer's Group is selling love lights to be placed on the tree. Local stores will be open for your holiday shopping. Hometown Christmas continues Saturday, December 3rd with a day jam-packed with holiday celebrations and plenty more shopping opportunities, including Mistletoe Market at the Stuart Farmers' Market (10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.), holiday bazaar at the Stuart United Methodist Church (9 a.m. to 2 p.m.), Stuart Elementary School PTO's "Winter Blender" (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and the new Bull Mountain Arts Holiday Pop Up Market at the Patrick County Chamber of Commerce (334 Patrick Avenue, Stuart, VA). The Chamber Office will be open 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. with the 2022 exclusive holiday ornament sale. The Patrick County Library will host an open house with Santa and letters to Santa writing station (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) The P&HCC will host a DIY "make your own ornament at the college (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.). Circle K will have free hot chocolate before and after the parade (1 p.m. to 4 p.m.) The 50th annual Christmas Parade starts at 2:00 p.m. The Patrick County Chamber of Commerce has Christmas parade applications available. The Chamber is open Monday through Thursday, 9 AM until 2 PM.
