Rock Hill becomes ‘Winter Wonderland’ with opening of ChristmasVille festival
The turkey leftovers are gone. Now, it’s time for the magic of Christmas as downtown Rock Hill transforms into a “Winter Wonderland” for its annual ChristmasVille.
The four-day festival kicked off with opening ceremonies Thursday, including the arrival of Santa Claus. Christmas lights twinkled and the sweet aroma of hot chocolate filled the air as children performed holiday jingles and dancers dazzled the crowd.
Children visited a life-sized Elf on the Shelf at the York County Library at the “Elves in the Shelves” event. A middle school band and elementary school singers performed at the “Deck the Hall Holiday Concert.”
Santa arrived at the opening ceremony at Fountain Park, where he performed with the Rock Hill Community Theatre. The Winthrop ChristmasVille Rockhettes help “kick off” the weekend of 70 events at the festival.
Children enjoyed Cookies and Cocoa with Santa at First Presbyterian Church after Thursday’s ceremony.
The events continue Friday-Sunday with a finale of fireworks Sunday evening. For a complete list of events and locations, visit the festival website at christmasvillerockhill.com.
Tracy Kimball: 803-329-4087
This story was originally published November 30, 2017 at 1:01 PM with the headline "Rock Hill becomes ‘Winter Wonderland’ with opening of ChristmasVille festival."