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Breakfast with Santa
Written By: Luke Osteen | Issue: December 2024
Set for December 14 at Highlands United Methodist Church, Breakfast with Santa is an up-close encounter with The Jolly Fellow.
Highlands United Methodist Church will continue its holiday tradition of hosting Breakfast with Santa, set for Saturday, December 14, at 8:30 A.M. in the church’s Faith and Fellowship Center.
Since space is limited, make reservations by calling (828) 526-3376, ext. 103.
After a pancake breakfast, the children gather in front of the decorated Christmas tree to sing Christmas carols and the adults snap pictures to record this fun event.
Of course, the centerpiece of the morning is the arrival of Santa Claus, who’ll explain the true meaning of Christmas and take time to listen to each child.
Access the back parking lot off of Spring Street or park on Third Street then enter the Faith and Fellowship Center entrance on Third Street.
Donations are appreciated but not required.
That’s the official Community Event announcement. For a more Laurel-y take on Breakfast with Santa, let me remind parents and grandparents and people who love our Plateau children, just how fortunate we are to live where Santa and Mrs. Claus have chosen to spend their Off-Season.
To those of us living our mundane lives through the shifting seasons, we’ve known these generous couples as Buck Trott and Jane Chalker and Allan and Marti Dearth, or Paul Walden, who single-handedly brought Santa to local kids in the 50s, 60s, and 70s.
To the youngest Plateau-dwellers, they are and forever will be Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Robin Dietrich tells of a frosty November evening at The Pizza Place when her boys were getting a little “rowdy.”
“You don’t want Santa to see you acting like this, so close to Christmas, do you?” she asked.
You guessed it – a moment later Buck burst through the door (when he was Santa, Buck always “burst through the door!”) in full Santa regalia, and calling the boys by their names, asked “Is everyone behaving?”
That’s all it took! They were at the top of the Nice List throughout those slow, agonizing days leading up to Christmas!
Of course, if you can’t get your little one into Breakfast with Santa, you can still encounter him at his station at Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park. These visits allow our Santa to chat with them and remind them that he can be found around the Plateau throughout the year.
