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Christmas Wonderland 2006

An evening of wonder returns...

Our third annual Christmas Wonderland festival welcomed more than two thousand people for a celebration of Christ's birth. Once again the evening of music and Christmas themed activities was offered as our free gift to the community.

There were Christmas lights everywhere, family sleighbell hayrides, cookies, free Whoville cotton candy featuring the Grinch, polar bear snow cones, holiday musicians and carolers, pony rides, a live nativity and petting zoo, the elves' workshop with Mr. and Mrs. Claus, kids cookie decorating area, Christmas puppet shows, a roller racer rink, free hotdogs, a tunnel of lighted trees, inflatable bounce castle and slide, s'mores, hot cocoa, hot apple cider and a lighted miniature village with falling "snow!" New this year was the Narnia exhibit, featuring a forest of falling snow (complete with lamppost) and free Turkish Delight from a very real looking Mr. Tumnus the faun!

Many thanks to the over 100 Sarasota Christian Church volunteers who made the event possible by sharing their time, resources and love with our neighbors! (Thanks also to the Fruitville and Clark Road Chick-Fil-A restaurants, Clark Road Dairy Queen, Snappy Turtle Trading Co., the Sarasota Holiday Parade and others for assistance with publicity and to Lake Aurora Christian Camp for the roller racers.)

See the snowing Wonderland promo page here.

Enjoy the photos below!