A Christmas on the Square photo
Santa Claus makes downtown Rockingham an annual pre-Christmas stop during Christmas on the Square.
Staff report
Far too many people think there’s nothing to do in or around Richmond County. Perhaps it’s that those people simply aren’t looking.
Now that Thanksgiving 2014 is history, it’s time to look at Christmas events coming up in the area. Don’t procrastinate; the sooner you look ahead, the sooner you can begin planning which events are hit-or-miss and which ones you simply don’t want to pass up.
See the PeeDeePost.com Events Calendar for complete event information or click on the links below, where applicable.
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Through Christmas Eve — Drew Carpenter’s annual Toys for Tots drive, Poplar Street, Hamlet
Dec. 4 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. — Ellerbe Hometown Christmas
Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. — Christmas tree lighting at Dobbins Heights Town Hall
Dec. 5 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. — Old-Fashioned Christmas at The Derby Store, Derby
Dec. 5 and Dec. 6 — Scenes of Christ drive-through display at Mount Olive Baptist Church
Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. — 2nd annual Shop with a Cop Polar Bear 5K – Wadesboro
Dec. 6 from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. — Breakfast with Santa at the Hamlet Fire Department
Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Christmas on the Square, downtown Rockingham
Dec. 6 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. — Norman Methodist Church Community Dinner
Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. — Inaugural Norman Tree Lighting
Dec. 7 at 5 p.m. — First Baptist Church of Rockingham choir will present a Christmas program
Dec. 11 at 3:30 p.m. — Hamlet Christmas Parade
Dec. 12 and Dec. 12 — Old-Fashioned Christmas in Hamlet
Dec. 13 — Cheraw ChristmasFest, parade in Cheraw, S.C.
Dec. 20 from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. — Breakfast with Santa at FATZ Cafe, Rockingham
Dec. 23 — special Christmas Story Time program at Discovery Place KIDS, Rockingham
