HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Tulip Time Festival has organized an evening filled with Dutch holiday traditions for Sinterklaas Eve, on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018.
The festivities start at 6 p.m., with Dutch lantern making, activities and storytelling at the Holland Area Arts Council, 150 E. Eighth St. Supplies will be available for up to 300 children.
Donations for Kids’ Food Basket will be collected the Holland Area Arts Council from 6- 7p.m., such items as Cheerios, pretzels, raisins and Goldfish crackers. (Learn more at https://www.kidsfoodbasket.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/wish-list-updated-8.27.18.pdf.)
At 7 p.m. children with lanterns will follow Sinterklaas on his white horse in a procession down Eighth Street toward the Civic Center and Kerstmarkt, at Pine Avenue.
At the Civic Center, visitors will find a welkom ceremony, a Sinterklaas photo op; MAX Transit trolley rides; and holiday shopping.
The Sinterklaas Eve Celebration is free — money will be needed for those Kerstmarkt shopping — but mostly an outdoors event, so participants should dress warmly.
Sinterklaas Eve Timeline:6 – 7:15 p.m. | Dutch lantern making, crafts and storytelling at the Holland Area Arts Council7:15 – 7:30 p.m. | Procession down Eighth Street from the Holland Area Arts Council to the Kerstmarkt7:30 – 9 p.m. | Procession arrives at Kerstmarkt for a special welkom, photos, holiday shopping and MAX Transit trolley rides
Tulip Time Festival’s 90th anniversary motto is “paint the town orange,” from May 4-12, 2019.
The Tulip Time Festival Office is at 42 W. Eighth St. in Holland; call 800-822-2770 with questions.
