Ho Ho Ho – Christmas on the Canal brings Holiday Fun to the village!

Santa brings in the Holidays!!!

Held in November each year, residents are invited to gather in downtown Bolivar for activities and a parade bringing Santa to town!

2025 brought more activities, thanks to some new businesses and sponsors! Children enjoyed crafts, button making, ornament decorating, face painting and hair tinsel throughout the event at multiple locations. New this year was the chance to do some excavating by moving gravel with an excavator! Compliments of Red Oak Excavating.

The parade began at 3pm, with Santa arriving via fire truck! He could be found inside the Christmas House afterward, where families were welcome to take pictures. Spikeman DJ took over the tunes after the parade, and there was still plenty to do!

Free hot chocolate was enjoyed at the new Vagabond Coffeehouse inside Coopers Hall, vendors were available to visit, and a train took participants around the village!

Many thanks to Christmas on the Canal sponsors:

Canal Street Diner
Weathermakers Heating & Cooling
El Albatross
Wilkshire Golf Course
Simply Cinnamon
Paul’s Electric
Army Navy
CSB Commercial & Savings Bank
Vagabond Coffeehouse
Coopers Hall
Red Oak Excavating

Santa’s mailbox is set up at the Christmas House. Children writing to the big guy who include their address will receive a reply from Santa himself! (For a reply, your letter should be in by Dec. 1, 2025)

Enjoy the photos below from previous years of Christmas on the Canal!