Yorktown Christmas Tree Lighting and Procession! Santa will be there too!
UPDATE 12/03/25: **CANCELED** The Christmas Tree Lighting, scheduled for Friday, December 5, has been canceled due to forecasted inclement weather and will not be rescheduled
Christmas Tree Lighting – Victory Monument & Yorktown Waterfront
Friday, December 5, 2025
Monument Festivities begin at 6:30 p.m.
Tree Lighting at 7:30 p.m.
Tree Lighting at 7:30 p.m.
Yorktown Christmas events kick off with Yorktown’s annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. This community tradition goes all the way back to 1945. That’s the year that Reverend Claud G. Barkley, 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! The tree that is used today is a spectacular 24-foot artificial Tannenbaum tower tree.
Everyone is invited to gather at the Yorktown Victory Monument by 6:30 p.m. for live music including a performance by the Fifes and Drums of York Town. From there, the procession will make its way from the Victory Monument to Riverwalk Landing, where the tree lighting ceremony will begin. Make sure you stay for a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus, eager to hear all those wish lists!
Highlights:
- Meet Santa and Mrs. Claus
- United States Air Force Full Spectrum Band will perform
- Write letters to Santa and service members in the Freight Shed
- Elementary school choir performance at Victory Monument on Main Street
For more Christmas events in December in Yorktown visit our Yorktown Celebrates Christmas post!
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