DAYTON HOLIDAY FESTIVAL
(Admission is Free)  

• When: November 28-30, 2008 (Tree illumination ceremony Nov 28 and Children's parade Nov 29th)

• Location: Downtown Dayton, Ohio

• Phone: 937-224-1518

The holiday season is everyone’s favorite time of year! With family, food, and entertainment, what’s not to love? Throw in some gingerbread homes, carriage rides, a holiday village, and one of the largest tree lighting ceremonies in the region and that’s only a taste of what the Dayton Holiday Festival has to offer! The Dayton Holiday Festival was started by Mrs. Virginia Kettering so that everyone in the community, regardless of their economic means, could enjoy the holiday season. And today, it still offers most activities to all for free. The festival has since expanded to include carnival and horse drawn carriage rides, holiday crafts in the Holiday Village, Gingerbread homes on display in the newly renovated Old Courthouse, and even a direct dial link to Santa’s little helpers in the Time Warner Cable Dial an Elf shop! The fun doesn’t end there! Sunday brings with it the Children’s Parade with colorful floats, animals, and clowns. Bring your kids down early for the Candy Cane Fun run, where every kid is a winner in this one-block dash down Main Street. All this and much more at the Holiday Festival in downtown Dayton.

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