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Santa’s Depot
November 18, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Santa’s Depot, presented by CSX, Appalachian Power, Food City and Visit Kingsport, celebrates the arrival of Santa Claus to Kingsport, TN on the 81st running of the Santa Train.
Sponsored booths and activities include free hot chocolate, letters to Santa, Santa hats, reindeer food, stickers, candy canes and more! Children will receive an official Santa’s Depot activity passport when they arrive at the event to keep track of each booth they visit. All activities are free to children. (Due to expected crowd size, we cannot guarantee that each child will get to participate in every activity, but we can promise a magical day and a visit from Santa himself.)
Attendees will also enjoy taking selfies with Centennial Park’s Santa sculpture and numerous other holiday photo ops. Santa and his elves encourage attendees to share their pictures on social media using #SantasDepotKPT.
Santa reminds all attendees that he’ll be watching to see who stays on his “nice list”.
-Only one activity passport per child
-Activities and treats are for children only
-Be PATIENT and KIND
-Share
-Follow the rules and ENJOY the event
At approximately 3:00 p.m., the Santa Train will make its final stop in Kingsport. Santa will disembark the train and head to the Santa’s Depot Stage to wish the Kingsport crowd a very Merry Christmas!
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