Basin ready for Home for the Holidays

Seven years ago, a group of volunteers came up with an idea to celebrate the holidays in Basin. The seventh Home for the Holidays is Nov. 29 in Basin. 

Like always, there will be a lighted parade, food, cookies, hot chocolate, Santa and Mrs. Clause, The Festival of Trees and fun at the library.  

This year, the day kicks off at 10 a.m. at the Basin City Arts Center with a silent auction and favorite tree voting.  The Christmas movie, “Home Alone,” will be shown at 2 p.m. at the BCAC .  The movie is free. Voting for the favorite tree ends at 5:30 p.m. Bidding for the trees ends at 7 p.m. 

A vendor show at the South Big Horn County Water District office opens at 4 p.m. Public bathrooms will be available in the office. Please enter through the door on C Street. 

 Also at 4 p.m., Stockmans Café and Bar is hosting cookie decorating for kids in the café plus hot toddy specials for the adults. Copper Corner Café opens at 4 p.m. and will be serving chili and cinnamon rolls until 7 p.m. Mad Jack’s Western Burritos is opening just for the celebration and will be serving taco soup and nachos from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Get Smashed Burger Bar will start to serve at 5 p.m. on the street between Security Bank and the BCAC. 

Basin First Baptist is serving free cookies and hot chocolate at Russell Park. In front of the Post Office, Two Guys a Poppin will be selling their kettle corn.  Next to them, the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints is giving away free cotton candy. Circle F Sales at the corner of B and Fourth Street is serving freshly made donuts. 

At 6 p.m. the courthouse lights will be flipped on, followed by the lighted Christmas parade. The parade starts at Fifth and C streets.  It will go east on C street until Fourth Street. It will turn south on Fourth and travel for a few more blocks. 

Heading up the parade this year is Basin’s own elf, MauRena Scott. She will be sprinkling the road with sparkles to lead the town‘s fire truck with special guests Santa and Mrs. Claus. After the parade, the Clauses will be under the water district office’s pergola in the Basin’s Heritage Commons to greet children at the southeast corner of C and Fourth streets. Santa will be presenting warm hats and gloves to the children as well as treats. Also in the commons is the town’s Christmas tree with free ornaments for all. 

From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. the Big Horn County Library in Basin is hosting free hot chocolate, tea, cookies, crafts for kids and a book sale.