Christmas in Schoharie to Bring Holiday Cheer Saturday - Parade, Bed Races, Santa, Tree Lighting to Highlight the Day

SCHOHARIE - A Western-themed parade, bed races, anta, cookies, songs and much more will highlight the annual Christmas in Schoharie celebration Saturday.

The day will start with breakfast with Santa at the Schoharie fire house at 114 Ford Road from 8 to 11 AM. There will also be ornament decorating, a coloring contest and sing-alongs.

Other events include a vendor craft fair at Christ the Shepherd Lutheran Church on Main Street in Schoharie from 9 AM to 3 PM and a live nativity at the Presbyterian Church from 5 PM to 7 PM. There will also be a western trick roping showing near the Village courtyard at noon, 2 PM, and 3 PM. The bed races will be in the County parking lot at 1 PM. A soup stroll on Main Street will be from 2 to 5 PM. A scavenger hunt will be held in the village from 8 AM to 2 PM. Hayrides rides will be provided by Jack Miller’s Tractors from 9 AM to 3 PM and family games will be held in the village courtyard from noon to 2 PM. There will also be sing-alongs, crafts, hot beverages, and cookies at the Schoharie library from 10 AM to 2 PM. A cookie contest, music vendor, fair basket, raffles, and living history will be provided at the Old Stone Fort Museum from 10 AM to 4 PM. The Schoharie Daughters of the American Revolution will open Lasell Hall from 11 AM to 7pm for tours, auctions, cards and for Veterans, coloring ornaments, cocoa, and more.

The Schoharie Fire Department invites you to the Christmas in Schoharie parade on Saturday, December 7. They welcome any fire departments, school clubs, business organizations, or families to participate in the parade with a theme float or vehicle to help kick off this Christmas season. The theme of this year‘s parade is a "Western Christmas."

Participants can line up at 4 PM at Schoharie school and the parade will start at 5 PM sharp and move along Main Street to the county parking lot on Spring Street. The Schoharie Fire Department is making arrangements for Santa Claus to be in this parade so they kindly ask you that not to bring your own Santa. Following the parade, everyone is invited to the DAR house found the parade for the Kiwanis tree lighting, a bonfire, refreshments, and Christmas caroling. 

If you like to join the parade, please call or text Amanda at 518-573-1596.