Christmas at Ken Reid
Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 3, 2022 for the return of Christmas at Ken Reid. This is a FREE family event that is offered at Ken Reid Conservation Area each year on the first Saturday in December.
Activities are free to families and visitors (donations are appreciated and welcomed) and include horse drawn wagon rides, Christmas scavenger hunt, kids craft corner, Christmas story walks, visits with Santa Claus, musical entertainment, hot beverages and much more.
Download the Christmas at Ken Reid Schedule and Map Here
All-day events will include:
- Kids Crafts at Santa's Workshop
- Elf-in-Training Scavenger Hunt
- Self Directed Christmas Story Walk
- Self Directed Winter Word Scramble
- Horse Drawn Wagon Rides
- Small Hooves, Big Hearts Miniature Ponies
- Live Music at the Community Campfire
- Infant and Toddler Activities in the Warming and Family Care Station
- Feeding the Chickadees
- Gangster Cheese Food Truck
Event Schedule
Horse Drawn Wagon Rides - All Day
Visitors and their families will enjoy horse drawn wagon rides through Ken Reid Conservation Area along with carol singing and merry making.
Story Time with the Kawartha Lakes Public Library - 11 - 11:30am
Always a kid-favourite at Christmas at Ken Reid, Story Time is back with some Christmas favourite stories. The Kawartha Lakes Public Library will be on site, and Kawartha Lakes Deputy-Mayor Tracy Richardson will also be reading her holiday favourite story.
Royal Canadian Falconry - 10:30am - 12 noon
Did you miss the amazing Birds of Prey show at our Kawartha Fall Festival? Don't worry because we have Royal Canadian Falconry coming back for Christmas at Ken Reid.
Royal Canadian Falconry is a family-owned small business located in the Haliburton Highlands and is owned and operated by a Registered Veterinary Technician.
Using modern raptor behavioural understanding combined with traditional falconry methods, Royal Canadian Falconry train birds of prey for hands on experiences, public demonstrations and ecologically friendly bird control.
Gerald Vanhalteren at the Community Campfire - All Day
Join Gerald Vanhalteren for Music around the Community Camp Fire at Christmas at Ken Reid. Listen to and join along in some holidays classics that are sure to help you get into the Christmas spirit.
Indigenous Story Telling - 10am - 11am, 12 noon - 1pm
Jake Charles from First Nation's Cultural Tours will once again join visitors at Christmas at Ken Reid to lead visitors in a 'cultural show and tell' circle. Visitors will gather around a camp fire, learn about the importance of the Drum, shakers, traditional clothing, and other crafts.
Much like the Kawartha Fall Festival, Jake will also lead visitors in some traditional songs, while creating an interactive experience designed to build understanding between cultures.
Small Hooves, Big Hearts Miniature Ponies - All Day
Two mini ponies from Small Hooves, Big Hearts will be joining us at Christmas at Ken Reid. Cute as a button, the horses changes the lives of all who touch them with their gentle kindness. The kids will love petting the ponies from Small Hooves, Big Hearts.
Reindeer Games with Pinnguaq
Pinnguaq is an organization whose mission is to work alongside rural, remote, Indigenous and other communities, to support the development of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) skills through innovative technology, art and play. Staff and members will be organizing a number of Reindeer Games for kids from noon until 4 p.m.
Lindsay Optimist Christmas Tree Sales
The Lindsay Optimist Club will have Christmas Trees for sale.
EarlyON Child and Family Care
Infant and Toddler activities will be offered by EarlyON Child and Family Care.
Guided Elf Story Walk - 12 noon - 1pm
Join one of our magic elves on a special Guided Elf Story Walk.
Reptile Show - 1pm - 2pm
Browning Reptiles will be on hand to host a hands-on, educational reptile experience.
Live Chainsawing - 2pm - 3:30pm
Sandy Walinck of SAW Woodworks will be doing live chainsaw woodworks.
Visits with Santa Claus - 11:30am - 1pm and 2:30pm to 4:30pm
Join Santa in his Workshop to tell him about all of your Christmas wishes, have photos taken and more.
Transit Service
The City of Kawartha Lakes is providing transit service to and from Christmas at Ken Reid. Busses will be picking up and dropping off visitors in the parking lot behind Canadian Tire in Lindsay.
Busses will run on the hour from 9:30 a.m. and begin running every 30 minutes from 1:30 p.m. The last bus from Ken Reid Conservation Area will leaving at 4 p.m.
If you are a business or organization that would like to get involved and help support this wonderful community event, please email Rebecca Pomeroy or call 705-328-2271 ext. 120.