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Pretty much the same thing, but with smaller groups of people. Small-town downtowns not ravaged by Wal-Mart still have holiday events, parades and public gatherings. How small is your threshold for "rural towns"?
Pretty much the same thing, but with smaller groups of people. Small-town downtowns not ravaged by Wal-Mart still have holiday events, parades and public gatherings. How small is your threshold for "rural towns"?
Typically small is 30,000 or less population and less than 1000 ppl per square mile.
The towns where I grew up had the holiday parades and Santa in the park. That was about it.
There is ice skating and a carousel in the college town, a holiday store at the outlet mall here, Santa at the beach, a holiday parade, a christmas snow event for the kids, check out the christmas display in the museum, and a christmas play at the two local performing arts complexes. Also, my church has a lot of christmas related activities.
No, it's pretty much the same stuff--church events, holiday fairs, santa at the mall, parades, the main difference is the number of people involved. Obviously weather is a factor--if it doesn't get cold enough for snow or ice skating, or it gets so cold that outdoor events are hard to manage.
Our little town starts the month of December with a lights parade and Christmas tree lighting. That is always followed with a fire works show and then you can visit all the little shops in the 'downtown' (all 2 blocks of it) and buy hot drinks and refreshments from community organizations trying to raise some funds. Even when it was 15 degrees out, the attendance was amazing.
There is no mall, so you can find Santa at the bookstore and the bank on weekends to take photos. A few of the churches have plays and the school usually has a Christmas performance. The town places huge decorations across Main Street in quite a few different places, it looks great at night. There is a lady in town that always has a handmade craft sale in her huge garage. Its a 3 day sale only held in December, so I always go check it out. Don't forget sledding! We get together and go sledding and have a huge bonfire, tons of fun!!!! The garden nursery has a huge holiday store starting in mid-November. So you can get quite a bit of neat stuff there. The Mennonites take special orders for cakes, breads, and pastries. People in small towns are used to making their own fun, don't have to live in the city or suburbs for that.
Our little town starts the month of December with a lights parade and Christmas tree lighting. That is always followed with a fire works show and then you can visit all the little shops in the 'downtown' (all 2 blocks of it) and buy hot drinks and refreshments from community organizations trying to raise some funds. Even when it was 15 degrees out, the attendance was amazing.
There is no mall, so you can find Santa at the bookstore and the bank on weekends to take photos. A few of the churches have plays and the school usually has a Christmas performance. The town places huge decorations across Main Street in quite a few different places, it looks great at night. There is a lady in town that always has a handmade craft sale in her huge garage. Its a 3 day sale only held in December, so I always go check it out. Don't forget sledding! We get together and go sledding and have a huge bonfire, tons of fun!!!! The garden nursery has a huge holiday store starting in mid-November. So you can get quite a bit of neat stuff there. The Mennonites take special orders for cakes, breads, and pastries. People in small towns are used to making their own fun, don't have to live in the city or suburbs for that.
Yes, that pretty much summed up how my old small town was.
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