Thank you to everyone who joined us for the second annual A Black Forest Christmas on
Sunday, December 4th. We were excited with the incredible turnout for this event. The volunteer team was scrambling to put out more tables and chairs, but our fantastic community squeezed in and made room!

During this event, we experienced the magic of A Black Forest Christmas with the annual Black Forest Christmas Tree Lighting; plus music, caroling, line dancing, kids crafts, hot drinks, delicious food, and Christmas cookies. 

Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus were also there to visit with the children of the Black Forest Community.
It is fun to see both the young and the young-at-heart visiting with Santa and Mrs. Claus.

There was free food for the community, courtesy of the Black Forest Festival & More Volunteer Team (affectionately called the BFF’s). The volunteers each prepared their favorite soup, stew, or chili recipe to share with the community during this event. After the beautiful tree lighting, with carols led by the Forest Chorus, everyone came back inside to warm up with a selection of delicious hot soups!

We were touched to see all of the additional soups, stews, and chilis brought by members of the community.
We are all so fortunate to be part of such a special community.

We would like to extend a very sincere thank you to the following:

Santa and Mrs. Claus

Trisha Dudding for the wonderful story reading 

The Forest Chorus for leading our carols by the tree

R&R Cafe for donating coffee and hot chocolate

Mack and Yong Sharp and the Black Forest LineDancers for performing

The Pine Creek Choir Singers for the wonderful acapella songs

The Schreiter Family for decorating their classic orange truck and making it available for pictures

The Black Forest Festival & More Volunteer Team (our BFF’s)