St. Cloud News — Relax and enjoy Christmas, St. Cloud style! Here’s how

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  • Bundle up and check out the City’s showing of The Santa Clause on Saturday, Dec. 23 at Hopkins Park at sunset (around 6:30).
    Bundle up and check out the City’s showing of The Santa Clause on Saturday, Dec. 23 at Hopkins Park at sunset (around 6:30).
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It’s a Merry Christmas, St. Cloud style!

Double C Bar Ranch (4200 N. Canoe Creek Road, Kenansville) presents a Berry Merry Christmas on Saturday, Dec. 23 from 3:30-8:30 p.m. Enjoy oak fired grilled burgers, fries, hot dogs, chips, popcorn, candy and drinks. Face painting and Santa will be onsite. Enjoy the movie Elf from at 5:30 p.m., and at 7 p.m. Make s’mores at the fire pits. Admission is $10 (Santa, movie and fire pits included in the admission price). Children 2 and under are free.

 

Oak Aged Farm, 2525 McMichael Road, presents a Christmas Eve Holiday Family Farm Day on Sunday from 1-2:30 p.m. Get ready for a jolly good time. Take photos with the animals and meet Santa before he readies for his “big ride”. Enjoy pony rides, crafts and meet the animals at this 5-acre farm. Farm animals include goats, mini pony, chickens and bunnies. Christmas crafts will be available to enjoy. The fee is $20 for adults and $15 for children.

 

The City of St. Cloud hosts a Winter Day Camp the week of Dec. 27-29 at the St. Cloud Civic Center from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. for children ages 5-12. The cost is $100 per child, per week or $30 per day for a City of St. Cloud resident and $110 per child, per week or $40 per child, per day for a non-resident. For more information, call 407-957-7143.

 

Bundle up and check out the City’s showing of The Santa Clause on Saturday, Dec. 23 at Hopkins Park at sunset (around 6:30). Bring a blanket or lawn chair.

 

First United Methodist Church of St. Cloud (1000 Ohio Ave.) invites all for a Christmas Day breakfast in their Family Life Center from 8-9:30 a.m. They will be serving a warm Christmas breakfast of biscuits and gravy, ham and hash browns. This breakfast is of no cost, donations are appreciated.

 

It’s not too early to plan for the 2024 Redneck Gala at New Hastings Ranch (1550 Dolphin Dr.) on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024 from 5-10 p.m. The Redneck Gala is an annual fundraiser to help support the efforts of The St. Cloud Main Street program in their mission for economic development and historic preservation in Historic Downtown St. Cloud. The event features live music from the J Alan Six Band and a steak dinner, beer, wine, games and more. Tickets are $75 with a corporate table costing $600. To purchase tickets, go to https://bit.ly/redneckgala24.

If you have any St. Cloud news or information that you would like to share, call Lisa Goldmacher at 407-319-9700 or email lcgoldmacher@yahoo.com.