As part of the Merry & Bright Downtown Christmas, there are multiple opportunities to bring the young ones to meet Santa Claus, take photos, and deliver Christmas wishes to the big man.
The Christmas Tree Extravaganza is a grove of live Christmas trees that will be decorated by families, businesses, organizations, and groups of friends as part of a friendly Christmas Competition to see who can create the most beautifully decorated Christmas Tree in Lafayette.
Many of the festivities surrounding the Merry & Bright Christmas Downtown will be held in Parc International which will be converted into the "North Pole of Downtown" from December 6-January 5. The parc will be decorated and bedazzled with a 24-foot tall Official Christmas Tree of Lafayette, giant ornaments big enough to walk through, a live Christmas tree grove, 2,000 feet of string lights, and an assortment of other Christmas decorations.
