UPDATED! As of November 30, 2022, 5pm… Due to weather, all Santa Saturday Activities and the Annual Tree Lighting has been moved to Sunday, December 4. See the updated Flyer for details. Minor changes to times and activities.
Santa Saturday (Now Santa Sunday!)
This annual event, from the Riverfront to the Downtown in Pottstown has quickly become a favorite tradition for families, businesses, and visitors.
Friday, December 2
The holiday weekend kicks off with Pottstown’s Steel River Playhouse opening performance of “It’s a Wonderful Life”.
It’s a Wonderful Life | December 2nd – December 18th “George, Mary, Zuzu, and the entire town of Bedford Falls come to life in this staged 1940s live radio broadcast of Frank Capra’s holiday movie classic. With live sound effects and a handful of actors, the story of beleaguered building and loan owner George Bailey and his affable helper angel, Clarence, unfolds one fateful Christmas Eve as you’ve never seen it before. This captivating, life-affirming story is “a perfect gift for the community … memorable theater that will melt your heart.” www.steelriver-playhouse.org
Santa SUNDAY December 4
12noon – Santa Claus Crosses the River on the Dragon Boat, Riverfront Park, College Drive, Pottstown
11am-2pm – Schuylkill River Greenways’ River of Revolutions Interpretive Center – 140 College Dr. Open for visitors
12:30pm-All Day – Self-guided Scavenger Hunt & Steps Challenge – Sponsored by Pottstown Hospital- Tower Health
Pick up forms & pedometers at Riverfront Park at 12noon
22 Locations to “find” – walk between College Dr., Hanover St., & High St.
This year’s theme: “It’s A Wonderful Life” (same as this year’s Steel River Playhouse Theatre performance)
3:30pm-5:30pm – The Alley, 228 E. High St. – Santa, firepits, hot chocolate & beverages for purchase, Santa’s Dragon Boat will be parked behind the Alley for visitors to see & learn about.
6pm – Tree Lighting, Caroling, Cookies & Cocoa, Smith Family Plaza & Borough Hall Steps, 138. E. High Street
Christmas Caroling by Pottstown School District & Pottstown Senior Volunteers
Holiday Planter Competition Winners Announced
Tree Lighting (Ornaments Sponsored by PECO), Cookies & Cocoa by Beverly’s Pastry Shop
ALSO available…
Holiday House Tours, presented by the GoFourth Festival Committee… more details available on their Facebook page.
Advance House Tour Tickets are $25. House Tour Tickets with 2023 Calendar are $40 ($5 savings). House Tour Tickets day of $30.
Tickets available for purchase at Dani Bee Funky, 300 E High St, Pottstown.
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All Month Long – Holiday Planter Competition
Another tradition in Pottstown’s Downtown is the Holiday Planter Competition. This year’s participation is the highest we have seen in several years. The local businesses and organizations “adopt and decorate” a planter. It has become a unique and meaningful tradition that creates interest for visitors, makes the planters appealing after the downtown Spring/Summer flowers have been cleared away, and gives an opportunity for the organizations and businesses to share their chosen theme. So, while you are “strolling” around downtown, make sure you visit these 40 planters, located on High Street, 100-300 blocks, Hanover Street, and along the PART Bus Terminal, near Smith Family Plaza. Planters are decorated no later than November 30 at 12noon, judging takes place December 1 and 2, and winners announced at the Tree Lighting on Saturday, December 3, just before the tree is lit. The planters remain decorated, weather pending, throughout the month of December.
PAED is a 501c(3) non-profit corporation originally formed in 1965 to promote commercial and industrial development in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. PAED provides services to businesses and organizations seeking to invest, expand or relocate including assistance with site selection, commercial and industrial real estate development, access to resources, and workforce development.
