The holiday season is getting underway this coming weekend in and around Sloatsburg, NY.

Town of Tuxedo annual Tree Lighting at the Tuxedo Train Station.

The Town of Tuxedo kicks things off Friday, December 4, at the Tuxedo Train Station with its annual tree-lighting ceremony. The event also includes a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Claus.

Suffern will celebrate Saturday, December 5, with its annual Christmas Parade down Lafayette Street at 6 p.m. The procession makes its way to Virginia Menschner Gazebo for a lighting of the tree, followed by a special visit from Santa in the Community Center.

Sunday, December 6, Suffern will hold its Annual Pearl Harbor Ceremony in Village Hall (61 Washington Avenue). The ceremony will begin at 2:00 p.m.

Santa’s Breakfast, Tree Lighting & Sloatsburg

Then on Sunday, December 6, the Friends of Harmony Hall will throw open the decorated rooms of the Jacob Sloat House for an afternoon Victorian Holiday.

A Victorian Holiday at Harmony Hall returns after several years of hiatus and will include decked out halls, refreshments and food, music, a childrens craft table, the popular Holiday Shoppe with local hand-made crafts, raffles, and a visit from Santa himself.

The Victorian Holiday celebration at Harmony Hall is sponsored by the Friends of Harmony Hall, a non-profit local group that is slowly restoring the mansion to its former glory as the home of Sloatsburg namesake Jacob Sloat. Funds raised through the various hall events go toward this effort.

Sloatsburg’s Breakfast with Santa, Annual Tree Lighting & Caroling

Holiday festivities kick-off Sunday morning in Sloatsburg with the annual Breakfast With Santa Claus at the Sloatsburg Elementary School Cafeteria. The breakfast will have two seatings (first seating is from 9am to 10am and the second from 11am to 12noon), where Santa will talk with the children and have a photograph taken with them. Light refreshments will be available for parents.

Later Sunday afternoon will feature Sloatsburg’s very own tradition of tree lighting and caroling through the central village, led by the Suffern Select High School Choir.

A tradition of caroling goes back many years, the event starts at St. Joan of Arc Church at 4 p.m. Participants will then make their way through central Sloatsburg, ending at the Municipal Building for hot chocolate, cookies and other refreshments.

Hillburn Celebrates its 38th Annual
Christmas Tree Lighting
On Sunday, December 6, the Village of Hillburn will hold its annual lighting of the community tree at 6 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park (4th Street).