Parks and Recreation Events

Visit and take photographs with Santa’s reindeer. Visit with Mrs. Santa and give her your holiday wish list. Refreshments are available by donation.

Every Tuesday (weather permitting), enjoy a moderately-paced walk around Wildwood Lake while enjoying the trees and animals at the park.

Children and adults are invited to paint three upcycled nutcrackers made from recycled champagne corks and paper straws. Everything but creativity will be supplied to make these charming fellows just in time for the holidays.

In this show, the narrator reminisces about Christmas during his childhood and the return of the family. The audience is encouraged to participate in singing Christmas songs.

Experience the Fort Hunter Mansion by candlelight this December and see the halls decked for the holidays and hear what traditions were celebrated in years past.

Learn the basics of painting with watercolors under the guidance of a Naturalist. Participants 14 years or older will have the opportunity to make 3 simple, 5x7 holiday-themed greeting cards.

Enjoy a free concert of Christmas music. Join the Mechanicsburg area brass group as they play familiar holiday tunes and Christmas songs in an informal concert setting.

Celebrate the Winter Solstice with a walk in the woods. Enjoy the sunset over the fields at Detweiler Park on the shortest day of the year. Please bring a headlamp or flashlight.

Every Tuesday (weather permitting), enjoy a moderately-paced walk around Wildwood Lake while enjoying the trees and animals at the park.

Every Tuesday (weather permitting), enjoy a moderately-paced walk around Wildwood Lake while enjoying the trees and animals at the park.