Gainesville's Downtown Square will be alive with the holiday spirit including live music, carriage rides, kiddie train rides, Santa and his arrival on a Gainesville Fire Engine, the Coca-Cola bear, s’more station, and the grand LIGHTING OF THE CHICKEN, a 25-foot metal chicken sculpture on top of Main Street Market.

4pm – 6:30pm: Family Fun Activities and Open Houses

Kiddy Train Rides
Carriage Rides
Coca Cola Bear
Roosevelt Square Local Stage
Open Houses in Historic Buildings, with sales, live music, and refreshments
Visitor’s Center Festival of Trees
S’more Stations with Gainesville Fire Department
Inflatable slide
Jingle Mingle Merchandise, plus Gainesville holiday gift bundles for sale

5pm: Santa Arrives on a Fire Truck. (Santa gets on truck on Maple/Spring St, rides up spring street, turns left on Bradford Street, left on Washington, exits, and the fire truck goes down Washington St to exit the event.)

5-8pm: Photos with Santa on the Square

6:45pm: Lighting of the Chicken Ceremony Begins

7pm: The Chicken is Lit

7- 8pm: Open Houses continue with photo opportunities downtown