Yorktown’s Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

UPDATE 12/03/25: **CANCELED** The Christmas Tree Lighting, has been canceled due to forecasted inclement weather and will not be rescheduled

Monument Festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. – Live music, including a performance by the Fifes and Drums of York Town, before the procession makes its way to Riverwalk Landing
Tree Lighting at 7:30 p.m. – 24-foot Tannenbaum tower tree. Make sure you stay for a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus!

This community tradition started back in 1945 when Reverend Claud G. Barkley, a pastor of Yorktown Baptist Church, and staff from the County Clerk’s office, decorated a cedar tree that stood at the corner of Main and Ballard Streets. The York County Historical Committee works hard to keep this ritual going!

Schedule:

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 Elementary school choir performance at Victory Monument on Main Street

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 United States Air Force Full Spectrum Band will perform at Riverwalk Landing

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 Christmas Tree Lighting at Riverwalk Landing
 Meet Santa & Mrs. Claus
 Write letters to Santa and service members in the Freight Shed