Christmas In Thurmont Will look a Much Differently This Year
Business Map Stamping
Get Out & Get Your Christmas Business Map stamped to enter for prizes!
Take your map to the participating businesses listed on the map & have them stamp their space. Stamping begins Saturday, November 28 & you have until Wednesday, December 9th to complete your map. Must be 18 years or older to participate in the map stamping. Only one map per person permitted. You must have 23 of the 27 spaces stamped to Enter for Adult Prize Drawings! If you have 5 receipts from anyone of these businesses dated 11/28/2020 thru 12/9/2020 you will be entered into the grand prize drawing too! The Grand Prize Drawing will be a 2-night stay in a luxury cabin at Ole Mink Farm Recreation Resort! Compliments of Ole Mink Farm. Return the completed Map to the Town Office by Wednesday, December 9th. 615 East Main Street. You may return inside from 8a-4p, or put in the drop box outside. You may also scan your map and receipts & email blong@thurmontstaff.com The drawing for prizes will be held at the town office on Thursday, December 10. You will be notified via email and phone on Friday December 11, and will be able to pick up your wining prize any time after that date. You can pick your maps up beginning this Friday, November 20 at the town office, Cousins Ace Hardware & Hobbs Hardware. You must wear a mask to enter all businesses. You can also Click here to download your map You must have legal size paper to print out the map |
Virtual Visits With Santa
Virtual Visits with Santa from the North Pole!
This year Santa has to keep himself, Mrs. Santa, his Elves, and Reindeer Safe, so Santa will be doing Zoom visits with the kids from the North Pole on Saturday, December 5, from 9am-1pm, and from 2-4pm. Visits will be scheduled in 15-minute increments to accommodate families who have several children to see Santa. You can make your reservation with Santa by calling his satellite office located at the town office. You will receive an email link to join Santa at the North Pole via ZOOM, and also a telephone number to call him in case of technical difficulties. Call 301-271-7313 & press 0 to make your reservation! Get Your Free Ornaments to Decorate
Pick up your free ornaments for children to decorate to be placed on our Christmas Trees at the 3rd Annual Holiday Train Display. We have purchased wood cutouts that are in the shape of trains and Christmas bulbs that can be painted, or colored with magic markers or crayons. We also have a kit that is an ornament you assemble and put your child/grandchild’s photo in the center.
You can pick up your ornaments at the Town Office at 615 East Main Street from 8 am-4 pm. After you decorate your ornaments you can return them to the Town Office by December 4, or take to the train display on opening day, December 5, and hang on the tree yourself. These ornaments are first-come, first serve, basis. The Holiday Train Display is sponsored by the Frederick County Society of Model Engineers & the Town of Thurmont. No one will be permitted to enter the train display without a masks/face covering that covers the mouth and nose, and must remain in place during your visit or you will be asked to leave. Only a total of 25 people are allowed in the building under the new mandates. |
3rd Annual Holiday Train Display
Holiday Train Display
This year beginning on Saturday December 5 at the Thurmont Plaza on North Church Street. Hours be Saturdays December 5, 12, & 19 from 10 am-4pm and Wednesdays, December 9, 16, & 23 from 5-9 .pm
You must wear a mask that covers both your nose and mouth to visit the train display and must be kept on the entire time, and social distance by standing at the orange cones that will be placed around the display. If you cannot wear a mask or plan to keep on it please do not come in as you will be asked to leave. Under the new mandate only 25 people total will be allowed in the display at any given time.
This year beginning on Saturday December 5 at the Thurmont Plaza on North Church Street. Hours be Saturdays December 5, 12, & 19 from 10 am-4pm and Wednesdays, December 9, 16, & 23 from 5-9 .pm
You must wear a mask that covers both your nose and mouth to visit the train display and must be kept on the entire time, and social distance by standing at the orange cones that will be placed around the display. If you cannot wear a mask or plan to keep on it please do not come in as you will be asked to leave. Under the new mandate only 25 people total will be allowed in the display at any given time.
Gateway To The Cure - Month of October
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Thurmont's Gateway To The Cure has become aglow every October for the last 5 years as residents and businesses around the town Turn Their Pink On during the month of October. In addition, over 45 businesses in 2019 offered discounts and made donations for the month-long campaign which also included a 5K, a Zumbathon, purchasing a Pink Pinwheel for the Pinwheel Garden Of Love, and also selling Gateway To The Cure Merchandise. 2014 was the first year for this event, and raised over $4,000. 2017 marked the 4th Annual Gateway to Cure campaign raising $15,000, and the 5th Annual Gateway To The Cure campaign in 2019 raised a phenomenal $21,000.00. In five short years, the Town of Thurmont's Gateway To The Cure has donated $80,000.00 to the Patty Hurwitz Breast Cancer Fund at Frederick Memorial Hospital/James Stockman Cancer Institute |
Colorfest is Canceled for 2020
See you October 9 & 10 2021!
Explore over 700 arts & craft vendors throughout the town of Thurmont! In Community Park at Catoctin Colorfest you will find over 250 well known & respected artists from the across the United States! Catoctin Colorfest has been recognized in Sunshine Artists Magazine & ranked in the top 35 shows in the United States, & one of the largest festivals on the East Coast. You will also enjoy a wide variety of delicious food vendors throughout the town guaranteed to satisfy everyone’s appetite. Be sure to visit the American Legion, Main Street, Thurmont Carnival Grounds, & Criswell Chevrolet for a couple of hundred other unique vendors. Be sure to visit the Octoberfest Beer Garden & food at the Thurmont American Legion! The Catoctin Colorfest is the second full weekend in October every year attracting over 100,000 attendees. Visitor Parking information click here: Map
If you are a vendor and interested in locating a vendor space:
Click here: Vendor space contact list
Click here for the Thurmont American Legion Application
Click here for the Thurmont American Legion Guidelineslegion_guidelines.pdf
Click here for photos of The American Legion layout
For Colorfest Town of Thurmont Permit pricing click here
Explore over 700 arts & craft vendors throughout the town of Thurmont! In Community Park at Catoctin Colorfest you will find over 250 well known & respected artists from the across the United States! Catoctin Colorfest has been recognized in Sunshine Artists Magazine & ranked in the top 35 shows in the United States, & one of the largest festivals on the East Coast. You will also enjoy a wide variety of delicious food vendors throughout the town guaranteed to satisfy everyone’s appetite. Be sure to visit the American Legion, Main Street, Thurmont Carnival Grounds, & Criswell Chevrolet for a couple of hundred other unique vendors. Be sure to visit the Octoberfest Beer Garden & food at the Thurmont American Legion! The Catoctin Colorfest is the second full weekend in October every year attracting over 100,000 attendees. Visitor Parking information click here: Map
If you are a vendor and interested in locating a vendor space:
Click here: Vendor space contact list
Click here for the Thurmont American Legion Application
Click here for the Thurmont American Legion Guidelineslegion_guidelines.pdf
Click here for photos of The American Legion layout
For Colorfest Town of Thurmont Permit pricing click here
Small Business Saturday, November 28
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Small Business Saturday-Shop Small in a Big Way!
The day encourages all to shop at small businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Communities are tapping into this movement by hosting special events and promotions to help drive small business sales. This event raises awareness for the impact of buying local. Many innovative and creative ideas have emerged from this event, which are helping Main Street businesses across America. Small Business Saturday has become a powerful movement. In an effort to support local shops that make our communities strong, American Express launched Small Business Saturday® on the Saturday after Thanksgiving to encourage people to Shop Small and bring more holiday shopping to small businesses. The first campaign was launched in 2010. Support your locally owned businesses! They are the backbone of our communities & economy! |
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