Downtown Sherman's holiday season has its dates. The city's Tourism & Main Street Department plans its annual Snowflake Festival and Christmas Parade for Saturday, Dec. 5, and has asked Grayson County for use of the courthouse grounds that day.
County commissioners will take up the request Tuesday, Nov. 10, as a consent item at their 10 a.m. meeting, along with two other holiday requests for the courthouse.
Festival, then parade
In an Oct. 28 letter to the county, Tourism & Main Street Manager Sarah McRae-Smith asked for the grounds from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Dec. 5. Setup starts at 11 a.m., the festival opens at 2 p.m. and the Christmas Parade steps off at 6 p.m.
Vendors will line the area around the courthouse square, the letter says, and the city expects big crowds for the parade. Streets will be closed for safety, and the city will supply trash bins and portable restrooms.
Santa and a tree on the square
The same letter asks for the northeast quadrant of the courthouse grounds from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, for free pictures with Santa. The photos will be taken in front of the large Christmas tree that city staff plan to put up in mid-November.
