Santa to visit local youth at Frazee Event Center

Photo by Chad Koenen
Santa Claus will be visiting local children of all ages as part of the annual Merry Frazee Christmas celebration on Saturday in Frazee. A number of the events will be held at the Frazee Event Center, while the annual Snowplow Parade rolls through town on Saturday night.

By Chad Koenen

Publisher

The holiday spirit will be on full display this weekend in Frazee for the annual Merry Frazee Christmas celebration. The annual Christmas celebration will begin on Thursday night with a piano concert at Corner Collective from 7-9 p.m., before a bulk of the celebration gets underway on Saturday. There will also be pizza, pop and puzzles on Friday at 7 p.m. at the Corner Collective as well. 

Santa Claus will be a fixture in Frazee throughout the day on Saturday as he will be stopping by the Frazee Event Center from 8:30-11 a.m. for breakfast with Santa. The morning will also include kids crafts from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., the DL Rotary Book Giveaway at 10 a.m., craft and vendor show from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the reindeer cupcake walk beginning at 10 a.m. All of the events in the morning will be held at the event center.

A new event this year will be held from 1-4 p.m. when local residents can go ice skating with the queens at the ice skating rink. 

Santa and Mrs. Claus will be returning to the event center from 4-6 p.m. to gather Christmas wish lists and visit with local children, both naughty and nice. While visiting with Santa and Mrs. Claus, don’t forget to cast a vote in the annual host dish competition and bake sale from 4:30-5:30 p.m. at the event center. 

The afternoon will also include hayrides from 4:15-6:15 p.m. at the event center, as well as hot chocolate, coffee and s’mores at the end of the parade route near the Monarch coffee shop and the live nativity and reading of the Christmas Story from 5:15-6 p.m. on Main Ave.

The downtown Frazee area will glow different shades of red, green and white as the annual Snow Plow Parade rolls through town beginning at 6:15 p.m. 

The Merry Frazee Christmas celebration will come to an end with pizza, puzzles and beer at the event center beginning at 7 p.m., music video bingo and karaoke at the VFW from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m., as well as holiday drinks, giveaways and karaoke at the Third Crossing from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.