Warren Christmas activities start Friday evening

December 3, 2013 at 9:18a.m.

WARREN

Christmas activities begin in Courthouse Square in downtown Warren at 5:30 p.m. Friday with the official lighting of the Warren Christmas tree by Mayor Doug Franklin and the arrival of Santa Claus, who will be available for pictures at the log cabin ($2 per person).

Other events that evening, all downtown, are: performances by four Warren G. Harding choirs; the “Cookie Crawl,” in which particants travel to 15 downtown businesses collecting Christmas cookies ($7 per person); horse drawn sleigh rides around Courthouse Square ($2 per person); Christmas storytelling inside the Bookmobile; Christmas entertainment; an encore showing of “Warren: The Retelling”; A children’s “bounce house” inside The Hippodrome on High Street; crafts and activities for the children; tours of Warren landmarks, including City Hall and The Upton House; a pictorial tribute to Warren inside The Saratoga restaurant; hot chocolate and food options; and giveaways.