Several years ago, some friends invited me out to Wilmore’s big Christmas party known as “Wilmore’s Old Fashioned Christmas”. We had a great time, and I have wanted to go back for some time.
Each year, however, I found myself busy on the first Saturday of December so I couldn’t go. Well, this year I made sure that I was able to make it!
Wilmore is a very attractive small town anyway,
but when they go all out for Christmas, it really becomes something special.
We didn’t get to see their parade or anything, as we
did get there a little late, but we did get to walk among the crowd and visit
the various businesses.
We got to town a bit late too, and we had to search
for a scarce parking spot. We found one quickly. AND, finding
parking in Wilmore, even during this crowded event was not that big of a
deal.
Our first stop was the town IGA. A friend went
with us who estimated that they have attended a dozen or so of these events said
we should go there first. The good people there were handing our small
cracker sandwiches and pop! Each time one was handed out, a “Merry
Christmas” was exchanged. It was very sweet, cheerful and festive.
AND, at the front of the store was a great country
band! They were doing Cash as we left. I would have loved to have
stuck around and listened, but my friends wanted to explore more.
After that we stopped at a bank and found another
great band playing. More treats were handed out by very sweet locals.
Other places were handing out different snacks, all
given freely with no expectation of purchase or anything.
We went into City Hall and Elvis was there! He
was entertaining anyone visiting City Hall. This was the same Elvis we
saw earlier in the year performing in Danville at Pioneer Playhouse. He
was nailing it in his authentic King gear.
My mother in law went with us. Elvis started
singing directly to her and we all had a great laugh over it! As a side
note, I have always been a huge Elvis fan and I love getting to see a great
Elvis tribute.
We also went inside of a small religious reading room/prayer room location. A wonderful young lady was singing and playing the piano. Like the other musicians I have mentioned I would have really enjoyed getting to see more of her set.
We also went inside of a small religious reading room/prayer room location. A wonderful young lady was singing and playing the piano. Like the other musicians I have mentioned I would have really enjoyed getting to see more of her set.
The music alone here was exceptional. There were at least four acts performing this night that I would love to see on another day when I could stick around for a full performance.
As we walked around, we found some interesting
businesses that we will have to check out on another day! The small town
looks to have TWO quality coffee shops!
One beautiful old church was open for visitors to walk
through. In addition to having some very ornate windows worth seeing on
their own, the church was displaying some privately collected nativity
scenes. I love miniatures like this, and I really enjoyed seeing them!
There was a very sweet lady hosting visitors at the
church. We really enjoyed talking to her. Her husband was outside
the church handing out cups of hot chocolate!
As the evening winded down, we made our way to the
large church for their service to end the evening, which was very musical and
fun.
If I heard correctly, there have been 31 “Wilmore Old Fashioned Christmas” events. During this service, a show of hands was asked for of people who had been to all of them. I did see some hands raised!
If I heard correctly, there have been 31 “Wilmore Old Fashioned Christmas” events. During this service, a show of hands was asked for of people who had been to all of them. I did see some hands raised!
Also, the collection plate was passed only once during
the service. It was passed to collect donations to help out a small local
business that had something bad happen to them earlier. It seems that a
car crashed in to Solomon’s Porch Café earlier. I thought it was very
sweet that they took up a collection to help the business out.
This is a great event, in a great town.
I want to get back soon just to visit some of these friendly businesses again!
I want to get back soon just to visit some of these friendly businesses again!
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