Holiday Festival and Tree Lighting Today

Get out your hats and mittens; Sunday will be chilly, but pleasant and dry for this year's Holiday Festival and Tree Lighting.

The Orange Special Events Committee has arranged for another fun-filled exciting family event to ring in the holiday season.

The Festival runs from 3 – 6 p.m. The center of town will be bustling with revelers and the Case Memorial Library, Congregational Church, Clark Building, Academy Building and Stone Otis House will each have special events and displays throughout that time, leading up to the Tree Lighting and a visit from Santa Claus.

Here's a schedule of events by venue so you don't miss anything:

Strolling Yuletide Carolers will entertain throughout the festival.

3-5:30 p.m. Watch as an Ice Carved figure is revealed before your eyes with an artist from Ice Matters

Case Memorial Library

3-5 p.m. Children's Crafts in the second-floor craft room

Letters to Santa at the main floor circulation desk

3-4 p.m.  Phi Fusion in the second-floor meeting room.

            Amity Chamber Singers on the second-floor balcony

4 p.m. Story time with Vicki Grande in the Children's Library.

Stone-Otis House

3-5 p.m.  The Historical Society has decorated the home in traditional Victorian style.

The Academy Building

3-5 p.m. On the main floor, visit the antique collections and schoolhouse

The Special Events Committee has its candy guessing game set up here.

In the lower level, the intricate model railroad layout of the Orange to Derby Line will be on display.

Clark Building/Former Library

3-5 p.m. Gingerbread House display and contest.

Congregational Church

4-5 p.m. Bell Choir and Hymns

The annual Tree Lighting will take place at 5:30 p.m. on the Town Green

Lynn Plaskowitz, a tireless volunteer in Orange, will have the honor of turning on the lights.

The icing on the cookie, of course, is the arrival of Santa Claus at 5:45 p.m.

A little information about the 6th annual Gingerbread House contest:

All entries must be decorated with edible embellishments.

Drop off your entries at the Clark Building on Dec. 5 from 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Group entries are welcome. Prizes will be awarded.

Pick up your entries between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. – any that are not retrieved will be discarded.