Old Fashioned Christmas Tree Lighting & Parade + Open Houses and More – Orofino

Christmas Celebrations: We are excited to announce we are again expanding our fun Christmas celebrations. A theme has not been picked yet, and we need to develop the committee, if interested in helping plan, please reach out so we can begin committee meetings soon.

1. Old Fashion Christmas Festival and Tree Lighting:  Volunteers will begin setting up lights in the park mid to late October. Any organization or community member is welcome to sign up and decorate a part of the city park. You can use your own lights, or decorate with the chambers. Sign ups are open now. We ask all decorations be put up no later than November 30, 2026, and decorations be removed no later than February 1, 2027. We are expanding this year to include fun games in the park. This could be anything from building gingerbread houses, or sac races. If interested in hosting a fun activity or game, please reach out and we’ll sign you up. No “for-profit” vendors please.

LIghted Parade: We are excited to announce we are once again expanding Christmas celebrations this year. We will host our annual Christmas Lighting parade December 4, 2026 at 6pm. To register for the parade, please contact LCCU. Before the parade we will be hosting bed races down Johnson Ave. You heard that right, the Chamber is bringing this fun event back. It has been years since we’ve seen our community members turn a dusty bed frame into a racing machine with wheels, dress in their coolest PJ’s (fully clothed of course), and race down Johnson Ave. To sign up for this event please contact the chamber and we’ll get you on the list. Race will start at roughly 5pm but time is dependent on how many race entries we have. It is free to register, and a waiver of liability for the chamber and city is required.

Christmas Storefront LIghting Display Contest: But with a twist. We are extending this to all of Clearwater County. Each town will compete for the best storefront display, then the winners from each town will compete for Grand Champion. Grand Champion will be voted on by the entire county, anyone can vote.

Contact us via the info below to volunteer or with questions: