Press Release by Plumas Sierra County Fair

It’s the MOST wonderful time of the year! Chipper, the long-time mascot of the Plumas Sierra County Fair, certainly thinks so! For this holiday season, he (or she, we don’t really know) has partnered with the non-profit foundation of the Fair to bring back “Chipper’s Christmas Wonderland.” The PSCF Foundation, along with this loveable rodent, got dozens of volunteers to hand-paint a variety of Christmas scenes over the past couple of years that will be displayed along a drive-thru tour of the fairgrounds. Over 5000 lights will cover buildings and fill trees for this annual event.

For weeks, volunteers filtered in and out of Serpilio Hall to cut figures from plywood and paint them to create scenes like a Gingerbread Village, busy elves, and even Santas that wave! Penguins, reindeer, and snowmen will fill nooks and crannies, waiting to delight kids of all ages.

The drive-thru attraction will open every Thursday and Friday night through December 22, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Cars will come down Fairground Road and look for signs that will put them in the correct lane to enter the attraction through the gate to the right of the Administration Building. The path will wind along through the Livestock barns and the promenades, past brightly lit buildings, around the family gardens, and finally by Santa’s Cabin. Santa will be there, on his front porch, waving and talking to families as they stay in their cars. A helpful elf will be there with a basket to give out wrapped candy canes from Santa to the kids and even accept letters to Santa in return. All that is asked is that visitors remain in their cars the entire time. There will be no bathrooms available and no other services that would require leaving the vehicle. Experience from previous years tells us to remind everyone to use the bathroom before coming!

The PSCF Foundation is dedicated to anything that promotes the Plumas Sierra County Fairgrounds and makes it thrive. A major portion of that mission comes from fostering the communities of Plumas and Sierra Counties, and the foundation has invested almost $20,000 in this event over the past years. This is a free event. A donation boot will be available as visitors leave, and contributions will be used to make next year even bigger and better! Hopefully, visitors will have the opportunity to come visit Chipper’s Christmas Wonderland several times throughout December.