When I moved here 10 years ago, it seems to me Port Townsend had only one strand of decorations in the downtown area. Now we have two! We also have a very beautiful tree (donated by one of our county commisioners from his own yard) at the Haller Fountain which was decorated on a gorgeous sunny morning today.
Organized annually by Port Townsend's Main Street Organization, the downtown decorations are put up with the help of an entire company from the Jefferson County fire department, several city and park employees as well as a multitude of volunteers.
Financed by private business, the city of Port Townsend year. In previous years his arrival was by tugboat, however his boat sank in Alaska this last year and a more conventional mode of transportation has been chosen.
The annual tree lighting and christmas festivites marked by Santa's arrival is scheduled Saturday at 4 pm. There will be caroling, carriage rides and a $1000 sweepstake prize of shopping money for one lucky person.
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Hi, Sandra. Having the downtown decorated always seems to create Christmas spirit.
Port Townsend looks like such a pretty little town. I love to read your blogs because you really bring it to life.
Leslie, thank you so much for checking out my posts. It is so much fun to get a comment and know someone read it. Port Townsend is one of a kind....I am always amazed at how much gets done here and mostly with volunteers. That same fire department came out and changed the battery in a high smoke detector I could not reach. They were so sweet, I just wanted to adopt them all.