ChristmasVille in Rock Hill, South Carolina!
brought to you by the Main Streets of Old Town Association in partnership with the Culture & Heritage Museums of York County

ChristmasVille 2007 - Winner of the SCFEA 2007 Event of the Year Award, Best Merchandise Award, Best Printed Media Award, and Best Brochure Award!

  Did you ever open a storybook and want to step inside? Or dream of a simpler time - filled with music and merriment and festive folks brimming with good cheer? If so, then bundle up the family and become part of the whimsical world of Vernon Grant!

  Once again this December the Main Streets of Old Town, in historic downtown Rock Hill, SC, will come alive as a charming, picturesque holiday village and outdoor walking art festival. ChristmasVille celebrates the art of adopted Rock Hill son, Vernon Grant, who is the artist of the famed Kellogg’s Rice Krispies characters Snap! Crackle! Pop!, cousins of ChristmasVille's Grant the Gnome.

  Vernon Grant was a nationally known artist whose works have graced over 200 magazine covers. Over the years, Mr. Grant created a magical collection of illustrations depicting a quaint holiday village filled with festive holiday goers and Santa and his delightful gnomes. The Main Streets of Old Town Association, in partnership with York County’s Culture & Heritage Museums, and the Vernon Grant family, invite you to become a part of this new holiday tradition.

   2007 was the second annual ChristmasVille in Rock Hill. We were all thrilled that after only our first year out in 2006, we were voted runner up for Event of the Year in the entire state of South Carolina by Showfest 2007! We were even more excited to win the SCFEA 2007 Event of the Year Award! With over 90 festivities in four days last year, ChristmasVille offered something for everyone.
  New additions this year included the Snow Ball, the East Town Historic Home Tour with a wine and cheese reception at the Art Market, carols at the White Home, the ChristmasVille Classic Miniature Golf Tournament, a gnome sculpting demonstration, Festival of Trees Wine Tasting, a presentation by the Smithsonian Institute on “Holidays on Display”, Sweets & Treats with Greats & Grands, Jingle Bell Jazz, Santa’s VIP Parade Party with dinner and a show, the Reindeer Romp, Stories in the Garden with Santa, a petting zoo with a unicorn, camel rides to Bethlehem, and on Sunday – 20 tons of real snow! Plus a very Grand Finale featuring the Winthrop University ChristmasVille Rockhettes and over 30 costumed dancers, singers, and actors from NarroWay Productions’ Broadway-style show “Christmas in Dixie”.
  And of course, don’t forget about the other 140-plus events for all ages!

And remember...

  You’ll hear sleigh bells ring and children sing and gnomes giving tours of all the Cultures of the World. There’ll be crafts for the making and presents worth wrapping and plenty of holiday cheer. You’ll see storefronts gleaming with spectacular designer trees just waiting to be auctioned off for charity.

  There’ll be fashion and artisans and carolers - by Dickens! Lamp-lights and star-light and dazzling white lights. Greenery and scenery and marshmallow roasts. Toddies and chocolates and gifts you love most! But most of all - there will be a storybook village come to life - welcoming your family to the whimsical world of Vernon Grant’s ChristmasVille.

Happy holidays to all!
And to all - see you this Christmas...in Historic Downtown Rock Hill, SC!

Ho! Ho! Ho!