The programme includes a Christmas market, a communal Christmas Eve supper, performances by local artists, a Christmas show by US Army soldiers and, for the first time, a reindeer at Santa Claus’s enclosure in Bolesławiec.
Star of Kindness Programme 2018
10:00–18:00 Post-competition exhibition of Christmas cribs (Town Hall lobby)
12:00–19:00 Christmas Market: Christmas dishes, cakes, Christmas decorations
14:00–19:00 St Nicholas’s enclosure – for the first time in Bolesławiec, Santa Claus with a live reindeer, Snowflake and Elf
15:00–18:00 at the istotne.pl portal stand: photos in the “I Love Bolesławiec” frame sponsored by MZGK, plus 2019 calendars featuring the Bolesławiec viaduct as a gift
14:00 “St Nicholas’s Helpers” Parade – children from Municipal Public Kindergartens Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and non-public kindergartens: Nibylandia, Kraina Marzeń, Jacek i Agatka, Oxpress, Smerfiki, Bajka, Mali Odkrywcy (from Piłsudski Square to the Market Square)
14:30 Christmas wishes from the “St Nicholas’s Helpers” and announcement of the results of the competition for the most beautiful Christmas crib (kindergarten category)
15:00 Folk performance “King Herod” by the BOK–MCC theatre workshop, “hallo Grupa”
15:30 Artistic performances: Choir of the Association of Repatriates from Bosnia, Their Descendants and Friends, ZHP Bolesławiec, BOK–MCC music workshops together with representatives of the US Army
16:30 Announcement of the results of the competition for the most beautiful Christmas crib
17:00 The Bethlehem Light of Peace handed over by ZHP Bolesławiec. Christmas meeting of residents with the Mayor – exchanging good wishes and sharing the Christmas wafer
17:30 Communal Christmas Eve supper. Christmas concert: the Bolesławiec Municipal Brass Band, the “Jutrzenka” Municipal Song and Dance Ensemble
Accompanying events
14 December 2018–7 January 2019 Post-competition exhibition of Christmas cribs at the Town Hall
15 December “Around the traditions of Christmas” – art workshops for children and young people aged 7 and over
20–22 December Christmas Fair. Christmas market in the Market Square (stalls with Christmas goods, “Christmas cooking” demonstrations)
21–22 December Christmas Market – decorations made by participants of the 1st and 2nd ŚDS and Occupational Therapy Workshops at the “mała Biała” gallery of BOK–MCC