Correction: “Santa’s house,” a location where children can meet the jolly ole elf, will be parked this year in Firehouse Alley, located between the Jefferson Chamber of Commerce building and a BP gas station, and not in the Chamber building as earlier reported. Fort Atkinson Online regrets the error.
The Jefferson Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its annual Holiday Lighted Parade Saturday, Dec. 2, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
In its 27th year, the parade is sponsored by Generac.
Additionaly sponsors named as part of this year’s event include: Alden Estates of Jefferson, Badger Bank, Thrivent Michael Stade, FCCU, Jefferson County Agri-Business, Gemütlichkeit Days, and the Jefferson 1/2 mile ATV Club.
According to the Jefferson Chamber of Commerce website, the parade will begin at the intersection of Walworth and Main streets, and move north, through the city’s downtown area. It will next turn east onto Racine Street, then south onto Center Street where marchers will disband.
Some 39 entries, along with the chamber and Gererac, will be participating in this year’s event, including the Jefferson Police Department, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, representatives from the city of Jefferson, PremierBank, the Jefferson Community Foundation, the School District of Jefferson, the 2023 Jefferson County Fairest of the Fair, Fort Community Credit Union, Peter Bros., Inc., Century 21 Integrity Group, Small World Montessori St. Marks, the Jefferson High School Band, the Gemütlichkeit Days float, the Jefferson 1/2 Mile ATV Club, A Better Physique, LLC, Jefferson Area Youth Snowmobilers, Kunes RV Lake Mills, the Jefferson High School Drama Club, St. John’s Lutheran Church, School and Childcare, Cream of the Crop 4-H, the Jefferson County Republican Party, Locked and Loaded, LLC, the Humane Society of Jefferson County, Eby Family Dental of Jefferson, Griffin Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Jefferson, Melinda Perez, Friends of Goat Island, Bambi Club II, the Jefferson High School Art Club, Festival Foods, JC Riders Snowmobile Club, K&F Auto Sales and Service, Community Action Coalition, Jefferson Memory Care, Walmart, Jefferson EMS Department and the Jefferson Fire Department which will be escorting Santa.
‘Santa’s house’
According to information released by the chamber, “Santa’s house,” where children can meet with Santa, will be open immediately following the parade and also on the following dates: Saturdays and Sundays, Dec. 9 and 10, and Dec. 16 and 17, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Santa’s house is found in Firehouse Alley, located between the Jefferson Chamber of Commerce office, 230 S. Main St., Jefferson, and a BP gas station.
Activities at the house are free and open to the public.
Santa’s house is sponsored by the Jefferson Main Street Association.
Decorated with lights for the holiday season, the Gemütlichkeit Days float participates in a parade held last year in Fort Atkinson. The float is among those participating in this year’s lighted holiday parade in Jefferson. File photo/Kim McDarison.
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