Tree Lighting, Christmas Bingo Challenge set Dec. 5

(updated Dec. 4, 2024)

A Tree Lighting event will kickoff Taylorsville Hometown Christmas on Thursday, December 5, at 5:30 p.m. at Alexander County Courthouse Park at 101 West Main Avenue.

In conjunction with this event, a new Christmas Bingo Challenge will encourage families to visit downtown businesses; the first 100 families completing five activities across the Bingo Challenge will receive a Christmas ornament (see Bingo Challenge below). Flyers explaining the Bingo Challenge tasks will also be available at Hometown Christmas.

Live music, food trucks, and carriage rides will follow from 6 to 9 p.m.

The centerpiece of the decorations this year will be the nearly 40-foot tall, $49,000 artificial Christmas tree recently purchased by the Town of Taylorsville, for which donations are still being accepted (currently at $15,600 received).

On December 5, there will be free carriage rides (sponsored by Big 6 Properties and Carolina Carriage Company), a Scavenger Hunt (stroll historic downtown shops to locate hidden ornaments to turn in for a gift), visits with Santa (sponsored by Tabitha & Co.), live music from Taylorsville Elementary School, Studio3 Chorale, Antioch Baptist Church Handbells, Voices Of Joy, and the ACHS Jazz Band, a live Nativity by Mt. Hebron Baptist Church, marshmallow roasting (at Town & Country Drug), ornament painting (at Creating On Main), and pop-up shops (at Celebrate You).

In addition, there will be food trucks, including JB’s Rolling Bistro, The Rollin’ Lemon, Carnival Crazy’s, and Dig ’N Dogs. Classic cars and trucks will cruise-in for a cause, sponsored by Alexander Auto.

Music, food trucks, and carriage rides will return on the Thursday evenings of December 12 and 19.