Santa Claus will visit the Farmer’s Market
The Scripps Ranch Farmer’s Market & Family Festival will hold a special Winter Celebration featuring a visit from Santa Claus on Thursday, Dec. 19.
Santa will be available to visit with children and pose for photos from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Entrance to the event is free.
“Children will be able to sit on Santa’s lap,” Farmer’s Market & Family Festival manager Beverly Cassity said. “You can even have your dog picture with Santa. Santa Claus is really, really good with animals.”
Cassity encourages visitors, especially parents with their children, to bring their cameras and cell phones because there will be numerous opportunities to take holiday photos even beyond the photos with Santa. A 20-foot inflatable Santa climbing out of a chimney will be out front near the main entrance. Other holiday inflatables will be scattered throughout the market on this day. A giant inflatable slide for children will be on the grass outside Newtopia Cyder.
There will be candy canes for everyone, holiday music will be playing for the entire event and every vendor booth will be decorated and lit up, Cassity said.
This will be a perfect time for last minute holiday shopping from the assortment of vendors selling their goods. Vendors will also offer a wide variety of food, and visitors can warm themselves up by purchasing hot chocolate from the “all pink booth” at the market.
“There will be 20-plus food booths with food from around the world,” Cassity said, adding that six bakeries will also be selling holiday treats at the market.
“There will be 8-foot tables all down the middle of the market for families to sit and enjoy each other while they eat,” Cassity said. “If it’s a chilly night, you can order food to go (from the vendors) or you can take it to eat on Newtopia’s heated patio or you can take the food inside Newtopia.”
The Scripps Ranch Farmer’s Market & Family Festival is held every Thursday from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 10045 Carroll Canyon Road.