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Photo Courtesy of Karen Godfrey

Photo Courtesy of Karen Godfrey
Welcome to Historic Main Steet in Saint Charles, Missouri home of the annual Christmas Traditions Festival!
Serenity, the Christmas Angel, has come down to Earth from heaven to spread the good news of a joyous Christmas!
   

Photo Courtesy of Karen Godfrey
Victorian Carolers fill the air with their songs as they march in the Santa Parade every Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
   

Photo Courtesy of Karen Godfrey

Photo Courtesy of Karen Godfrey
The Lewis and Clark Fife and Drum Corp are a part of the festival every weekend!
"Bah! and Humbug!" We find Ebenezer Scrooge is his usual, cheerful, self. Probably because Bob Crachit is late for work again.
   

Photo Courtesy of Karen Godfrey
No visit to Christmas Traditions is complete without stopping by to look at the Train Display.
   

Photo Courtesy of Karen Godfrey
North and South Main streets are decorated with over 10,000 feet of live greenery, 1,000 hand-made bows, and tens of thousands of Christmas Lights.
   

Photo Courtesy of Karen Godfrey

Photo Courtesy of Karen Godfrey
Be sure to stop by the Kissing Ball in the Gazebo at Kister Park with that special someone to make a Christmas memory that will last a lifetime!
Finally, the Virgin Mary and her husband Joseph find a place to stay in a lowly stable during Las Posadas.
   

Photo Courtesy of Karen Godfrey
After Las Posadas has completed, everyone gathers around the Yule Log in Frontier Park to sing Christmas Carols.
   

Photo Courtesy of Karen Godfrey
One of everyone's favorite activities at Christmas Traditions is trying to get all the Collector Cards from all the Legends of Christmas. Make sure you ask Civil War Santa nicely for his card or else you might find yourself on the Naughty List!
   

Photo Courtesy of Karen Godfrey
On Christmas Eve Frontier Santa brings good children on the prarie little gifts of oranges and corn-husk dolls. Here we see this rugged Santa as he waves to the people during the Santa Parade.
   

Photo Courtesy of Karen Godfrey
Here, the horse-drawn carriage transports Santa and Mrs. Claus during the Santa Parade. However, you too can have a free ride on the horse-drawn carriage with our complimentary carriage shuttle.

Have you taken any pictures of Christmas Traditions this year?
Email them to us and we might use them in our 2012 Photo Album!