COVID Christmas Cruise Drives to Keep Dixon Festive
Nov 24, 2020 12:00AM ● By Debra Dingman
Hayley Pruett and Karstin Feinhandler of Almond Tree Mortgage are busy coordinating a Christmas Cruise with local businesses to replace the annual downtown tree lighting that would normally take place on Thursday, December 3. The cruise will happen between 6 and 8 pm. Photo by Debra Dingman
DIXON, CA (MPG) - There are some people who absolutely refuse to let the Coronavirus take away Christmas. There are actually dozens of different businesses putting on their elves ears right now and getting ready for next Thursday, December 3, for a COVID Christmas Cruise & Tree Lighting, 6 - 8 pm, the traditional time for the downtown Christmas Tree Lighting.
"The community is so sad that we will not have our annual Tree Lighting on Thursday, December 3, because we are back to purple but we can do some things that will still be fun and memorable," said Karstin Feinhandler of Almond Tree Mortgage. Contacting a small army of civic club, Chamber, and Downtown Dixon Business Association leaders to participate and employing an energetic intern, Hayley Pruett, to get the wheels turning (pun intended) the plan jelled.
Even the big jolly fellow dressed in red velvet finery was contacted and agreed, of course, to help brighten the smiles of the many in Dixon stuck in a purple restrictive phase to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. He will be at Almond Tree Mortgage parking lot on the corner of Lincoln and Stratford Avenue and Steph Riedel Photography will be taking pictures.
Businesses will adorn their windows or shops with holiday lights and festive decorations. Some will have holiday music or performances and some will give away candy canes or other Christmas treats via long poles to keep the distance for vehicles who drive by.
The local car club, Dixon Kar Kulture, will be doing a car cruise in conjunction and they are looking into plans for a decorated tree to be pulled on the back of a flatbed truck to lead the caravan all around town.
A map will be published online and in newspapers including the Independent Voice Friday, November 27 edition, that will help guide travelers around town to the various decorated sites.
For more information, contact Hayley Pruett at [email protected] or [email protected]. Updates will be posted on the Live in Dixon Facebook page and/or the DDBA website. You can also call (707) 678-2800.
