Come and see Father Christmas in 2025!
WHO: Father Christmas makes his annual appearance in Billings!
WHAT: Come and get you and/or your families’ (including pets!) picture taken with Father Christmas!
And WHAT ELSE? Pet Photographer Marissa Misenhimer will be present on Saturday to take very special Christmas photos of pets!
And is there MORE? Live holiday music too! Musicians on flute, pennywhistle, guitar, dulcimer will play favorite holiday tunes!
Once again in the merry Winter Solstice season, Olde Father Christmas will be visiting Barjon’s Books in Billings and allowing his jolly self to be photographed with you, your family and friends! Come and meet this living symbol of the mystery and beauty of the joyful winter season for a photo that will be sure to bring merriment to you and everyone in your family!
While Santa’s origins are connected to this elder Father Christmas, the contemporary Santa Claus we all know so well was introduced to us in a 1930s Coca-Cola Advertising campaign! (That explains that red and white costume!) Father Christmas – the real Santa – is traditionally dressed in greens, furs and garlands.
Many Christmas traditions originated in Europe then were woven together to bring us our contemporary Christmas: the Christmas tree, gift exchanges, holly & ivy, lights, wreaths, and Olde Father Christmas himself. Each celebrates the fact that in the bitter cold of winter, as the days are shortest and the nights their longest, the Sun is “reborn” on the Winter Solstice to welcome a New Year! (The Winter Solstice is the shortest day and longest night of the year.)
Come join us and immerse yourself in a bit of the history that brought us to the fun and frolic of the Christmas of today! Your Father Christmas photos can be used for holiday cards, emails and/or social media.
Father Christmas encourages a donation of $15 for each photo, which will go to support local non-profit educational organization MusEco Media and Education Project (www.MusEco.org), known for producing Green Smarts with the Green Man, the EvenMore.TV Native Musician Spotlight Series and the film “Wild Resurrection: The Untold Story of the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness.” Proceeds will be used in support of MusEco’s child and adult outdoor education programs planned for fall 2025 and spring/summer 2026! Donations to our Pet Photographer will be used to support local pet charities like Poochz BnB (www.poochzbnb.org)
Father Christmas will be at Barjon’s Books on the following dates:
Friday, November 28 from 6 – 7:30 pm
Saturday and Sunday afternoon, November 29 and 30 from 1 – 4 pm
(Remember, Saturday features Marissa Misenhimer, Pet Photographer!)
For more information call or text Kris Prinzing at 406-591-0575, or call Barjon’s books at 252-4398.
