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Celebration of Lights 2024
December 5 @ 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Free
Southern Arkansas University’s 41st Annual Celebration of Lights on December 5, 2024, will offer an abundance of holiday cheer with festive lighting displays, photos with Santa, train rides, festive food, and a special presentation of “Merry Madagascar.”
SAU’s Celebration of Lights began in 1984 as a lighting display to enhance SAU’s seventy-fifth-year celebration. It included a tree in front of Overstreet and lights strung all over campus. Over the years, the lighting displays grew larger, and in 1988, SAU strung lights along the sides of the Bell Tower, turning it into a cherished monument of the yearly celebration – SAU’s holiday candle.
The complete schedule of events is as follows:
- Family Christmas Movie: “Merry Madagascar”: Foundation Hall | 3, 5, and 7 p.m.
- Personalized Snow Globes: Reynolds Center | 3-7 p.m.
- Ferris Wheel and Train Rides: Mall Area | 4-8 p.m.
- Magnolia Christmas Parade: “Bright Lights, Magnolia Nights” | 5:30-6:30 p.m.
- Storytime with Mrs. Claus: Magale Library | 5, 6, and 7 p.m.
- RHA Overstreet Lighting: Overstreet Hall | 6:30 p.m.
- Lighting of the Bell Tower: Mall Area | Immediately following Overstreet Lighting
- Photos with Santa: Reynolds Center | 6-8 p.m.
- Buffet Dinner: Reynolds Center, Grand Hall | 6-8 p.m.
