Residents and visitors turn out for the annual Hometown Celebration
Ridgefield residents and others celebrated the start of the holiday season with the city’s annual Hometown Celebration, held Saturday (Dec. 3) in historic downtown Ridgefield.
The festivities included an outdoor marketplace and businesses got in the holiday spirit with decorations as well. Decorations and lights were aplenty throughout the downtown area as well as in the Circle of Trees at Overlook Park.
Visitors were able to enjoy crafts in the Ridgefield Administrative and Civic Center gym as well as visit the Chickadee Bazaar. A YMCA Breakfast with Santa was also held.
Ridgefield High School bands and choirs provided plenty of holiday music. Visitors were also able to meet and take photos with Santa at the Old Liberty Theatre.
The traditional Christmas Tree Lighting capped off the day’s events in the heart of downtown Ridgefield.
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