Christmas Tree Lighting

We’re making spirits bright with Yorktown’s annual Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony.

Join us at Victory Monument at 6:30 p.m. for live music, including a performance by the Fifes and Drums of York Town, before the procession makes its way to Riverwalk Landing for the lighting of a 24-foot Tannenbaum tower tree. Make sure you stay for a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus!

This community tradition started back in 1945 when Reverend Claud G. Barkley, a pastor of Yorktown Baptist Church, and staff from the County Clerk’s office, decorated a cedar tree that stood at the corner of Main and Ballard Streets. The York County Historical Committee works hard to keep this ritual going.