Photo Gallery: Santa Day and other fun around town

This past weekend was packed with special events. The most notable was the annual visit from Santa. I’m sharing some of the photos that I and others captured around town.

(For photo credits of the pics below, click on thumbnails to enlarge)

Santa Day

Shortly after noon, Santa Claus flew in by helicopter and landed on St. Mark’s School’s field. Making up for last year, he spent quite a while greeting the masses of families that gathered to greet him. Then he crossed over to the Community House where he posed with children who came in to visit.

Fortunately, it was a partly sunny, mild winter day. The families waiting in line outside of the venue were entertained by carolers and special visitors including Olaf the Snowman.

In the helicopter (cropped from video posted by Kindergroup) Helicopter approaching (Santa Day by Southborough Kindergroup) The big guy has landed (Santa Day by Southborough Kindergroup) Making his way to the crowd (Santa Day by Beth Melo) Everyone wanted to meet Santa (Santa Day by Beth Melo)

 (Santa Day by Beth Melo) Santa took his time greeting his fans (Santa Day by Beth Melo) (Santa Day by Beth Melo) Crossing to the Community House(Santa Day by Beth Melo) (Santa Day by Beth Melo) 

Families wait to visit inside (Santa Day by Beth Melo) Carolers entertained those waiting (Santa Day by Beth Melo) More outdoor entertainment (Santa Day by Southborough Kindergroup) (Santa Day by Southborough Kindergroup) 

Inside, Santa (as always) was friendly and gentle with little ones nervous about posing for photos:

Inside, Santa makes friends with nervous tots (Santa Day by Beth Melo) (Santa Day by Beth Melo) Posing for the main event (Santa Day by Beth Melo)

Southborough Kindergroup put on the event. In addition to some of the above photos, they posted a quick video of Santa looking down on the crowd from the helicopter. You can view that here.

Girl Scout singalong (by Karen Anglim)Girl Scout Holiday Sing-along

The night prior, Girl Scouts kicked off the season with their annual sing-along outside of the Community House.

 

Christmas shopping galore

Annual Kids Shop, Christmas Bazaar, Pop Up Holiday Market

On Saturday morning, Boy Scout Troop 92 provided a safe haven for kids to do their own holiday shopping for family members without parents’ prying eyes. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church held its annual fundraiser. And a special sale with artisans was held at Knights of Columbus Hall.

Annual Kids Shop (by Beth Melo) Annual Kids Shop (by Beth Melo) Christmas Bazaar (by Beth Melo) Holiday Pop Up Market (rom Southborough Cultural Arts Council post on Facebook)b

Apothecary Artists Studio and Gallery opening

That evening, four Southborough artists celebrated the opening of their new downtown gallery.

Apothecary Artists opening (from their Facebook page) Apothecary Artists opening (from their Facebook page) Apothecary Artists opening (by Katherine Rose) Apothecary Artists opening (by Katherine Rose)

Apothecary Artists opening (by Katherine Rose) Apothecary Artists opening (by Katherine Rose)

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