Annual Holiday Fun in San Angelo

Here’s fun things you can do in San Angelo during the holiday season. I can’t see the future, but the trhee events I’m mentioning in this post happened each year while we were stationed here. Hopefully the fun will continue for years to come! You can click on the titles to visit the websites and learn more about each event.

Christmas at Old Fort Concho

We attended our first year here and bad weather kept us away last year. I am really hoping the boys and I can get there this year. It’ll be our last since leave in December. This year the event is happening on Dec 5th-7th. There are so many things to see and do there too! Fun for the whole family. Admission is daily or you can purchase a weekend pass. There are also events you can pay to attend, Aramis has participated in the Boot Camp. Children get to enlist as a soldier of the past. They learn to march and drill by direction of Buffalo Soldiers. It’s pretty cool and they get a neat souvenir of the hat and their certificate of enlistment. Aramis really enjoyed it. I didn’t get to take many pictures because we rushed out of there to the hubs Christmas party. I’m excited to go this year. I’ll have an awesome Wordless Wednesday post with pics this year. Unless old man winter gets the best of it again..

Daily Admission

• Adults $7.00 ($5.00 Military  & Seniors)
• Children $3.00 (7-17 years of age) 6 & under are free

Concho Christmas Celebration

If you want to really get into the Christmas spirit, load the kids and head out to the Concho Christmas Celebration along the Concho River. The 2.5 mile drive used to be a walking tour, but has grown so much that it’s now a holiday tradition for many families to enjoy from their vehicles. The donation suggestion is $5 per vehicle. This year (2014) it’ll run Friday, December 5^th and will run every night through Wednesday, December 31^st. 

 Make sure to make the drive thru!

Truly an impressive drive!  

 Santa Rita Christmas Shadow boxes

My friend Monique told me about these shadow boxes in the Santa Rita neighborhood. So we loaded up the kids to check them out one evening. It was very cute to see the boxes depicting the Christmas story. We drove along it but some people walked along with their kids to read the passages on each box. On the way to the Shadow boxes you can enjoy the beautifully lit houses along the drive. Santa Rita is a beautiful neighborhood.

Photo Courtesy of SanAngeloLive.com Click on the box to see more of the images of the Shadow boxes!

 Some of the photos I took.. sorry they are blurry.. they were taken with my iPhone 🙁

   Three fabulous events as well as others around town you can attend with your family! Make some amazing holiday memories while you are in San Angelo! Remember it’s what you make of your duty station! Don’t be so quick to judge a small town. San Angelo has wonderful charm. I will truly miss it here.

Happy Holidays friends!!

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