“Baby It’s Cold Outside” Theme for first-ever outdoor Christmas Fantasy; Decorators and silent auctions donors needed for event
2021 Christmas Fantasy to be held outdoors ... Decorators and donors are needed for the 2021 Christmas Fantasy. The theme, “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” fits this first-ever outdoor Christmas Fantasy event. Lighted displays will decorate the Fairgrounds with numerous silent auction items on display inside the Pavilion. Bidding for the silent auction this year will be handled online thanks to Sweeney Auction Service. This year’s event will be held Thursday, November 18 through Monday, November 22. The event format was changed again this year to keep the event COVID-safe. Submitted photo.
The planning of the 2021 Christmas Fantasy is underway and decorators and silent auction donors are needed. The format of the event was changed again this year to keep the event COVID-safe with decorations and lighted displays being set up outside on the Allamakee County Fairgrounds. Only the silent auction items will be displayed for viewing inside the Pavilion but the bidding will actually happen online this year.
This year the theme for Christmas Fantasy will be “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” which fits an outdoor, drive-through or walk-through Fantasy of lighted displays located in front of the Allamakee Fairgrounds Pavilion. The event will be held evenings November 18-22. Any type of outdoor lighted display is appropriate such as a tree, a wreath, a lawn ornament, an outlined item, a blow-up decoration, etc.
Silent Auction items will be displayed inside the Pavilion. Miniature tree, door, gift baskets, quilts and crafted items are also needed and will be donated and sold on silent auction during the Fantasy. Non-holiday items are always very popular. Photos with descriptions of each item will be entered into the online auction website which is hosted by Sweeney Auction Service. The auction will end at 7 p.m. Monday night, November 22.
Visitors to the drive-through Fantasy are welcome to park and enter the Pavilion any evening of the event to view all of the silent auction items and learn how they can bid on them online. Anyone anywhere, whether they attend the Fantasy or not, is welcome to watch and bid on any items they are interested in until that ending time.
Drive-through meals will also be offered throughout the event. More details will follow in the coming weeks.
Any decorators or donors who are willing to be a part of the 2021 “Baby It’s Cold Outside” outdoor Christmas Fantasy are asked to call Erin Berns at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon at 563-568-5600 to reserve a spot.
