Thank you for your interest as a participant in the 2022 Hometown Christmas Lighted Parade!

The 1st Annual Lighted Parade will take place on Saturday, December 3 beginning at 5pm by The Beanstalk Boutique. Grand Marshall Matt Wortman of the City of Effingham will lead the festive lineup down Jefferson Ave. to the Old Courthouse to help Santa light the City Tree at 5:30pm.

Event Times*:
11a-1p | Pizza with Santa @ Joe’s Pizza
1-3p | Winter Market Sip ‘n Shop @ XCHNG
2-3:30p | LIVE Reindeer Pictures with Dahnke Farms
2-4p | Effingham Performance Center Sing-along @ Gazebo
2-5p | Train Rides
2-6p | Santa’s Workshop @ County Building

  • Cookie Decorating by Kirby’s IGA
  • Reindeer Food by The Royal School of Cosmetology
  • Bulb Planting by U of I Master Gardeners
  • Christmas Tree Craft by Effingham County Case Managers

3-7p | Mistletoe Market (incl. food trucks)
4-7p | Horse & Carriage Rides
4:30-5p | Live Nativity by Centenary United Methodist Church @ Gazebo
5p | Lighted Parade with Santa
5p | FACE Christmas Orchestra @ Old Courthouse Museum
5:30p | Lighting of the City of Effingham Christmas Tree
5:30-6:15p | St. Anthony Grade School Intermediate Choir
5:30-8p | Santa House Hours with Cookies provided by Layna Bond, American Family Insurance
*subject to change

Cost:
$20 vendor fee required for all entries except veterans, school groups, & emergency vehicles. Limited to the first ten paid entries.

Rules:

  • All entries must be decorated with lights in a Christmas theme
  • Staging begins at 4pm
  • If an entry does not comply with the rules of the parade, they will be asked to leave the line-up

Deadline:
All entries must be received by Friday, November 18 with payment before your entry will be numbered. All entries will receive their number via email by Thursday, December 1.

Payment: 

  • Accepted forms of payment include: credit card or check (must be sent upon completion of this application)
  • Please make checks payable to: “Downtown Effingham Business Group”
  • Mail to or drop off at: 903 N Keller Dr., Effingham, IL 62401

Questions should be directed to Effingham County Chamber Marketing Director, Nicole Morrison, at (217) 342-4147 or nmorrison@effinghamcountychamber.com.

WAIVER OF LIABILITY: in consideration of your acceptance of this entry form and fee, i, the undersigned intending to be legally bound, do hereby for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, waive and release any and all rights and claims for damages i may have against the effingham county chamber, downtown effingham business group, and their agents and successors and assigns for any and all injuries suffered to me in this event. I further grant permission to the effingham county chamber & downtown effingham business group and/or agents authorized by them to use any photographs, videos, or other record of this event for any legitimate purpose.

This form is currently closed for submissions. Please contact Nicole Morrison/Effingham County Chamber at (217) 342-4147.