Santa plans LaCrosse visit on Saturday

After a busy weekend in Colfax, Oakesdale, Rosalia, St. John and Endicott, Santa will stop this weekend at LaCrosse.

Santa is booked to make a stop at 10 a.m. in LaCrosse where he will appear at the Gathering Place. Pictures with Santa will be provided free by the LaCrosse Business Group. Santa will be on hand from 10 a.m. until noon.

Every child will receive a free stuffed animal, courtesy of LaCrosse Community Outreach, and a candy cane.

The LaCrosse Library will offer materials to make Christmas ornaments in a free holiday craft session.

“Everybody can come in to make a Christmas ornament to take home,” said Tammy Schwartz, organizer for the library event.

Adults will be on hand to help children make the ornaments. The Friends of the LaCrosse Library will be paying for the ornaments and supplies.

Members of the LaCrosse senior class will be on hand to serve breakfast at the Gathering Place before Santa’s arrival. The class will be serving pancakes, sausage links, juice and coffee from 8 to 10 a.m. Cost is $5 per person.

The Pastime Tavern will be open later in the evening for a pool tournament and ugly sweater contest. The fun begins there at 5 p.m., and prize money will be awarded to first, second and third place winners of the tournament.

The prize fund will depend on how many enter the tournament.

Gift certificates will be given to both the ugliest and best sweaters. Patrons can vote for a sweater at a cost of $1.