By DENA WEIGEL BELL
WaKeeney Travel Blog
Who says Christmas only comes once a year? In the Christmas City of the High Plains we celebrate our favorite holiday year-round with a second celebration in July!
The mid-year “Christmas in July” festival will be held at everyone’s favorite summer spot, the WaKeeney Water Park, on Saturday, July 14th and there is a sleigh full of goodies that will get everyone into a festive spirit.
Christmas Activities
Kids can hone their gingerbread cookie decorating skills and enter their gingerbread house in a contest for the best decoration. The virtual reality “Santa’s Sleigh” ride from our winter festival is back to recapture Santa’s famous annual ride. Give this exciting adventure a try—it’s a great way to relive the cool weather on a hot summer day.
More game booths will challenge you and food vendors have tasty treats to try. Stick around after the sun sets for the blockbuster movie “Elf” that will be shown in the park at 8:30 and there is lawn seating for everyone.
“Get Lit” Campaign for a Brighter Main Street
All proceeds from the “Christmas in July” event will go to our “Get Lit” campaign for new LED color-changing perimeter lights from Inception Lighting of Irving, TX. (The existing lights were severely damaged during the 2017 hail storm in WaKeeney.)
The programmable, color changing light strands will be attached to the top of the buildings along Main Street behind matching molding that will cover the mechanics and allow them to blend into the architecture.
After the lights are installed Main Street will be flooded with red, white and blue on July 4th and purple and gold on game days, along with other color combinations on different holidays. The whole system is guaranteed for up to ten years and we’re expecting the cost savings to be considerable for both electricity and maintenance—up to approximately $300 per year!
Join us at the Swimming Pool Park on Saturday, July 14th at 4:30 p.m. for this fun fundraising event—WaKeeney’s “Christmas in July!”