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Volume 137 • Issue 49
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
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Come out and enjoy the “Christmas Kings Mountain” Festival in downtown Kings Mountain’s Patriot’s Park. Costner’s Christmas Lights can be seen in Patriots Park and throughout the city through New Year’s Day. (Photos by City of Kings Mountain)
Santa Claus is Christmas Kings Mountain Festival coming to Town! to take over Patriots Park
Santa is coming! The Jolly Ole Elf from the North Pole will pay a visit to Kings Mountain this Christmas season. Santa will be found in his workshop on December 6,
13, and 20. The workshop, located at Patriots Park, 220 S. Railroad Ave., Kings Mountain, will be open 5-8 pm each night. Don’t forget your camera!
It’s time to ring in the holiday season, and this year, there is no better place to celebrate than in Downtown Kings Mountain with a Christmas Kings Mountain Festival featuring amazing Christmas lights, interactive experiences, and free festive fun for the entire family. Make plans to gather downtown at Patriots Park after the Christmas Parade this Saturday, December 6, for an evening with Christmas lights, a Live Nativity,
carriage rides, hayrides, train rides, interactive characters, Santa, and much more! Kings Mountain takes great pride in its special blend of family-friendly holiday magic. Stroll through Patriots Park and experience Costner’s Christmas Lights Extravaganza, Santa’s Workshop, and a Living History Experience. Walk the path toward the Liberty Falls Amphitheatre, where Project Local and Circle M Safari Park present the live
Come and see the Living Nativity on December 6, 5-8 p.m.
Shop Small Saturday KM Winners Kings Mountain Forward is pleased to announce the winners of Shop Small Saturday held on November 29. The drawing was held at 7:30 p.m., the evening of the event. All winners were notified immediately after the drawing. Congratulations to Bridgette Allen, winner of the Date Night Package; Teresa Geyer, winner of the Family Night Package; and Harrison Conner, winner of the Outdoor package. You did not have to be present to win, and all winners have claimed their prizes. Prize packages from local merchants included: • Date Night Package = $520 value: • Simply Grace outfit $200 • 133 Dinner - $200 • Joy Theater Tickets $120 • Family Night Package = $510 value:
Holly Jolly Hayrides will be available December 6, 13 and 20 from 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Carriage rides will be available December 6, 13 and 20 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. nativity. KM Marketplace, located on Battleground Avenue, will be transformed into a Downtown Holiday Bazaar featuring local goods that make perfect stocking stuffers, and, of course, the extremely popular Bela Express Train Rides will be returning for another season. Holly Jolly Hayrides and North Pole Express Carriage Rides will roll Downtown, bringing even more Christ-
mas cheer. All this and more in Downtown Kings Mountain, Saturday, December 6, 2025, from 5:00 – 8:00 pm. For more information, contact the Special Events Department at 704-7302101, access their website at www.kingsmountainevents. com, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook. com/CityofKMSpecialEvents.
City Of KM Christmas Parade • 139 Boutique - $150 • The Yard Package $150 • Crave -$150 • Sweet Station - $60 • Outdoor Package = $450 value: • Imperial $200 • Distillery $200 • Social House $50 Special thanks to everyone who supported Kings Mountain Forward’s Shop Small Saturday event! Please support small businesses during the holidays and throughout the year! They are the lifeblood of our community, and your friends and neighbors! Their businesses add flavor and flair to your shopping experience in Kings Mountain!
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! The City of Kings Mountain is looking forward to the Christmas Kings Mountain Parade on December 6, 2025. It begins at 3 p.m. The parade will impact various roads, beginning at the 400 block of East King Street, heading west down King, turning left onto Railroad Avenue, and
proceeding south to Gold Street. Also, look for Piedmont Avenue to be closed from Mountain to Gold Streets due to an event at the Kings Mountain Historical and Nutty for Nutcracker Museums. Please use extreme caution when traveling on these roads due to increased traffic from motor vehicles, pedestri-
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. See parade route on page 5A.
The Christmas Kings Mountain Parade will be held on Saturday, December 6. Photo by City of KM
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