{"id":152615,"date":"2023-10-23T06:05:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T12:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/edmonton\/?p=152615"},"modified":"2025-11-09T17:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T00:25:10","slug":"christmas-in-the-heartland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/edmonton\/christmas-in-the-heartland\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in the Heartland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take a trip to the country to celebrate Christmas in the Heartland. On November 25, 2023, halls and churches east of Edmonton will be offering activities, markets, and displays to help kick off the Christmas season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strathcona.ca\/recreation-events\/festivals-and-events\/rural-county-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bussing from Sherwood Park<\/a> can be reserved to shuttle visitors to each location.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, November 25, 2023 &#8211; (most locations 10 am to 4 pm)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Good Hope Hall<\/strong>, 21076 Township Road 542<br \/>\nOver 130 Nutcrackers on display! Ice carving demonstration plus bake sale and vendor sale.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bethany Lutheran Church<\/strong>, 20577 Township Road 550<br \/>\nSee Nativity displays from around the world, enjoy sleigh rides, ice carving, Food Trucks, and the sounds of DaCamera Singers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moyer Rec Centre<\/strong>, 54569 Range Road 215, Josephburg<br \/>\nCountry market with homemade crafts and baking, wool carding and spinning, ice carving, photos in Santa&#8217;s straw bales. In the evening\u00a0Fort Saskatchewan 4-H Beef Club will be serving beef on a bun and there will be Fireworks at 7:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brookville Hall<\/strong>, Highway 16 at 53203 Range Road 212<br \/>\nUkrainian lunch, music, interactive displays and crafts for the kids, ice sculptures, and shopping.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Partridge Hill Community Hall<\/strong>, 22002 Township Road 542<br \/>\nArt displays and a market of unique, hand-crafted gifts.<\/p>\n<h2>Christmas in the Heartland:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> Saturday, November 25, 2023<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> 10:00 am &#8211; 4:00 pm; Fireworks at 7:00 pm<br \/>\n<strong>Bus Tickets:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strathcona.ca\/recreation-events\/festivals-and-events\/rural-county-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.strathcona.ca<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/josephburg-ag.ca\/christmas-in-the-heartland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">josephburg-ag.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a trip to the country to celebrate Christmas in the Heartland. On November 25, 2023, halls and churches east of Edmonton will be offering activities, markets, and displays to help kick off the Christmas season. Bussing from Sherwood Park can be reserved to shuttle visitors to each location. Saturday,<br \/><strong style=\"margin-top: 20px; display: block;\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/edmonton\/christmas-in-the-heartland\/\">Continue Reading &raquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":211224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-152615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-past-events","tag-november","cat-42-id","has_thumb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Christmas in the Heartland | Family Fun Edmonton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Celebrate Christmas in the Heartland with unique activities in halls &amp; churches east of Edmonton. 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