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✨ Holiday Festival & Christmas Tree Lighting ✨🎄
Get ready for one of Woodland Park’s most magical nights of the year! 🌟
📅 Saturday, 11/29
🕑 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Dowling Gardens
Enjoy an afternoon and evening filled with holiday cheer!
🎠 Children’s rides, fun, and food vendors (2–8 PM)
🐴 Horse & carriage rides (2–4:45 PM)
🎅 Photos with Santa & friends (3–5 PM)
🎶 Live holiday music (3–5 PM)
🎺 Memorial Middle School Band (5 PM)
🎄 Christmas Tree Lighting (5:30 PM)
🚒 Holiday Lights Parade (6 PM)
🅿️ Parking & Shuttle Info:
Recommended parking at the Boys & Girls Club.
A free shuttle will run to & from Dowling Gardens from 2–6 PM.
Let’s kick off the holiday season together in true Woodland Park style — with lights, music, family fun, and community spirit! ❤️💚
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🏡 Light It Up Annual Holiday House Decorating Contest✨
It's time for the annual Holiday House Decorating Contest! Show off your festive spirit and make our town shine! 🌟
Here’s how to participate:
Contest Details:
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Judging Starts: December 8 — Keep those lights blazing! We will be driving by! 🚗
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Winners: Four winners (1st through 4th place) will be selected, voted on by residents (one vote per resident for each place). 🥇
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Recognition: Winners will be announced and recognized at the January Council Meeting!
Questions: Contact the Recreation Department with any questions at (973) 345-8100 x200.
Let’s make Woodland Park the brightest town around! Get decorating!
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🎄 Holiday Lights Trolley Ride! 🎁
Experience the magic of the season! ✨ Join us for a special Holiday Lights Trolley Ride tour through town to see some of the beautifully decorated homes entered in our house decorating contest!
📅 Date: Sunday, 12/14
⏰ Ride Times: 5:00 PM, 6:00 PM, and 7:00 PM
📍 Departure: 1 Dowling Gardens, Dowling Parkway
💲 Cost: $10 per person
Important Note: Tickets are limited! 🎟️
Enjoy complimentary cookies and cocoa provided by the fantastic Roma Club! 🍪☕
Registration is required on Community Pass to secure your spot!
Have questions? Contact the Recreation Department at (973) 345-8100 x213. Don't miss this festive ride! Get your tickets today! ☃️
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🎁 Woodland Park Holiday Gift Card Drive! 🎁
This Holiday Season, let's help local families in need! The Borough of Woodland Park's annual Gift Card Drive is officially underway.
Instead of donating a toy, we are asking for $10 Gift Cards from local stores (such as ShopRite, Target, Amazon, etc).
Your donation will go to local non-profit groups to help the less fortunate right here in Woodland Park! ❤️
There are three easy ways to donate a $10 Gift Card by Monday, December 15th:
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🎬 Drop-Off at the Holiday Movie! Bring your gift card to the AMC Wayne 14 Theater on Saturday, 12/6.
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🏢 Woodland Park Municipal Building (2nd Floor, Recreation Office, Rms. 202 & 205).
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📚 The Alfred H. Baumann Free Public Library (Berkeley College at 44 Rifle Camp Road).
Every little bit helps a neighbor this season! Thank you for your generosity, Woodland Park!
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🕎Community Chanukah Celebration!🕯️
Join The Borough of Woodland Park together with Chabad of Passaic County for our Community-Wide Menorah Lighting Ceremony!
📅 Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Dowling Gardens (at the corner of McBride Avenue and Dowling Parkway)
Come together with Mayor Tracy Kallert, the Borough Council, Rabbi Mayer Gurkov, and other community leaders and local dignitaries to celebrate the festival of lights!
We warmly welcome ALL Passaic Valley Residents to share in the joy and light of this special celebration!
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🎄Wreaths Across America 2025🎄
The Borough of Woodland Park is proud to partner with Wreaths
Across America to honor our fallen heroes. Their mission is simple but
powerful: To ensure every fallen veteran receives a wreath at their grave this
holiday season.
✨You can help us
accomplish this meaningful goal! Every sponsorship and donation makes a
difference.✨
📆Deadline:
November 30, 2025
📱Donate easily
using the QR code on the flyer
📫Or mail in your
donation
Let’s come together as a community to remember, honor, and teach this holiday
season.❤️
#WreathsAcrossAmerica #WoodlandParkNJ #HonorOurVeterans #SupportOurTroops
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