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VOL LXVI • NO 38
Christmas in the Park Is Community Tradition
BY JEFF FALK
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raditionally, Christmas is a chance to catch up and spend meaningful time with family members. But the season also provides an opportunity to connect with neighbors and make new friends. In Lititz, the park board’s holiday event blurs the fine line between private celebration and public celebration even further. “To me, I think Christmas in Lititz is about the community and the neighborhood feel,” said Kellye Martin, the Lititz Springs Park board’s event manager. “I see people downtown, and they’re meeting friends for coffee and they’re enjoying Christmas in the Park. I don’t see Lititz residents shutting themselves in their homes. Some people can’t wait to show their visitors their hometown of Lititz.” That extended family feel will
fill the air when the Lititz Springs Park board presents this year’s edition of its annual Christmas in the Park community event beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Fr iday, Dec. 5, at 24 N. Broad St., Lititz. The celebration is free to attend, and both residents and nonresidents of the borough are welcome. “It’s a very quintessential small-town vibe. It’s very Norman Rockwell,” s a i d M a r t i n . “ T h e re are a lot of big, flashy tree-lighting ceremonies, but ours is more of the laid-back type from a Community’s collective light shines bright at last year’s Christmas in the Park. Mayor Tim Snyder’s ceremonial in the Park’s festivities will begin bygone era. It’s sweet and it’s special. It’s a way to get excited for the lighting of Lititz’s ornamented with a welcoming from master of season. We see a lot of locals and community Christmas tree at the ceremonies Bob D’Imperio. “We try to keep it moving,” said neighbors. It’s a nice way to bring park’s bandshell will serve as both the community together around the highlight and the conclusion Martin. “Christmas in the Park of the 45-minute event. Christmas is a way to bring the community the holidays.” See Christmas in the Park pg 9
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Paloma Students Will Dance Their Way Into Holiday Hearts BY JEFF FALK
Members of the Paloma School of Irish Dance have something for you. It’s a gift of experience. It’s a gift of culture. It’s a gift of themselves. “I think there’s a lot more dancing and a lot more music in (Irish) culture,” said Esther Pujol, the founder and owner of Paloma School of Irish Dance. “I think the show embraces that, embraces that spirit. It’s about communities coming together and celebrating music and dance. The purpose of
the show is to spread holiday cheer and bring some Celtic traditions to Lancaster County.” Paloma School of Irish Dance will present its Celtic Christmas Show present to the community at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14, at Lancaster Mennonite School’s High Fine Arts Center, 2176 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster. Modestly priced tickets for the school’s first-ever Christmas performance, which will feature traditional and modern Celtic dance and music, can be purchased in advance at www.palomaboosterclub.com/ celtic-christmas-show-2025.html or at the door
Paloma School dancers rehearse for their
See Paloma pg 3 upcoming Celtic Christmas Show.
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