Celebrate Christmas in Coulterville
Saturday, December 20th
Come Early…Stay Late…Have Fun!
Breakfast at the IOOF, Santa Clause at the fire house, the CCC’s Holiday Dinner at the old schoolhouse, story telling back at the IOOF, old fashioned cartoons at the John Muir Geotourism Center and the Gold Country Singers at the Methodist church, makes a really fun and full day!
The Rebekahs will be serving up breakfast, the Coulterville Fire Brigade coordinates with the North Pole so that Santa and his magical bag of never ending gifts arrives in town at noon for a nice long stop at the Firehouse and the Coulterville Community Club will be coordinating the Holiday feast taking place at the Old Schoolhouse. The folks at the John Muir Geotourism Center will be sponsoring the cartoons, Coulterville’s very own honorary mayor is the storyteller and the Gold Country Singers is made up of local people with this being the second year their Coulterville performance is occurring the same day as all the other Christmas events in town!
The Rebekah Pancake Breakfast can be enjoyed from 8 – 11 a.m. It’s just $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for children with a family package (2 adults/2 children} costing just $15.00. Proceeds will be used to help the Odd Fellows save their historic lodge. There will be a holiday boutique during the breakfast.
Santa arrives in style at noon, with a fire engine meeting his sleigh just east of town where there’s plenty of space for the reindeer to relax. He will be traveling down Main St to the firehouse where he will be visiting with children, posing with them for memorable family photos, finding out if they’ve been good or bad, and sending them off with an early present. There will be lots of cookies, hot chocolate and other refreshments for everyone while waiting their turn.
The Free Community Dinner will be starting a tad earlier this year at 12:30 with volunteers serving up meals ‘till 3:30 or the food runs out! This year there will be no “go” meals until the close of the event unless they are prearranged.
The Geotourism Center is planning three free cartoon showings, at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Christmas Story Telling at the IOOF is scheduled at 2:30 p.m.
The Gold Country Singers Free Holiday Performance starts at 4 p.m. and lasts about an hour and a half with refreshments served after that.
Still Time To Get Involved
This is a perfect day for you and your family to give back to the community by getting involved. There is still time to sign on to help with the dinner (supplies/advance and onsite help still needed) or to donate a toy or other goodies. To donate items for the dinner, call Gold Tooth Lil (aka Cheryl Shores) at 209-878-3834 or at her home at 209-878-3122, email her at: goldtoothlilsmercantile@gmail.com or stop by Lil’s on Main St. in Coulterville and she can go over what she still needs. To volunteer to help the day of the event, contact Mike Kambeitz: mrkambeitz@gmail.com, 209-658-0150. If you want to donate Christmas cookies for Santa’s visit at the firehouse, contact Debbie Cook at 209-878-3227.
So come early, stay late and HAVE …Ho…Ho…Ho…FUN!
Christmas in Coulterville Event Schedule
| 8-11 a.m. | Rebekah Breakfast | IOOF |
| Noon | Meet Santa | Firehouse |
| 12:30-3:30 p.m. | Free Holiday Dinner | Old Schoolhouse |
| 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. | Cartoons | John Muir Geo-Tourism Center |
| 2:30 p.m. | Christmas Storytime | IOOF |
| 4-5:30 p.m. | Gold Country Singers | Methodist Church |
Wednesday, December 31st VFW New Year's Eve Party 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
