Christmas in Reedville festivities will be held in the Northumberland County village on Saturday, Dec. 6. The events are sponsored by the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum, 504 Main Street, and Bethany Methodist Church next door.
Santa Claus will arrive at the museum dock at 3 p.m. aboard the Elva C. The museum’s model trains with the conductor from “The Polar Express” and Buddy from “Elf” will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cookies and milk with Santa will be served at 3:30 p.m., with a photo opportunity with Santa, the conductor and Buddy. The community’s crab basket tree will be lighted at 5 p.m. at the museum’s Watermen’s Park, the grassy lot on Main Street just down from Festival Halle.
If you want to decorate a basket for the tree, pick up a basket from the museum for $15, take it home, paint your own design in acrylic paint, and return it to the museum by Dec. 1.
On Sunday, Dec. 3, Bethany Church will hold its Festival Chorale Christmas Concert, beginning at 3 p.m.
The museum will close ...