'Holly Days' First Friday, Light Display This Weekend
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
“Holly Days” First Friday is this weekend in downtown Warsaw. The event is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. There will be discounts at downtown merchant stores. Activities at Key Bank include a Lakeview Middle School choir performing at 6 p.m.; Breakfast Optimist Choir and Lakeland Area Community Band performing at 6:30 p.m.; Community Bible Church youth group telling Christmas stories; and a classical guitarist performing from 7 to 8 p.m. A live nativity will be on Buffalo Street. A twinkle parade will be Saturday at 6 p.m. The parade has a Christmas theme. The route starts at the intersection of Center and Columbia streets, then travels to Indiana Street and to Central Park. From there, the parade’s route includes Buffalo Street, then to Main Street and back to Columbia Street. Warsaw Parks Department’s annual Christmas light display kicks off Friday in Central Park and will continue until Dec. 31. Hours of operation for the light display will be 4 p.m. to midnight. The concession stand will be open from 5 to 10 p.m. every night except Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve. A “Light up the Night” celebration features the annual Christmas light display, caroling, live reindeer and activities in the park. It is Friday from 7 to 9 p.m.