Christmas celebration draws 1,500 to Breckenridge Village

TYLER—The fifth annual Christmas in the Village event drew more 1,500 visitors to Breckenridge Village of Tyler, a Baptist Child & Family Services assisted-living campus for adults with developmental disabilities.

A holiday gift shop in the Breckenridge Village chapel featured handcrafted items created by residents, including hand-dipped scented pine cones, candles, gift bags, knitted caps, Christmas cards and note cards.

This year, patrons cheered as the local fire and EMS department put on a show with their whirling fire truck lights and a helicopter circling above the campus that safely landed with its crew.

Guinness world record holder David Slick with “Slick Jugglers” from Fort Worth kept the crowd entertained with juggling, unicycling, skateboarding and stiltwalking.

Breckenridge Village’s resident musicians, the Rhythm Band Rockers, performed at the event, along with the Young Men’s Quartet from All Saints High School, Matt and Megan Magill, the Candy Crocker’s Girls, as well as Green Acres Baptist Church’s Elevate and Vertical Praise groups.

Pam Toulouse from Green Acres Baptist Church sang “O Holy Night” during the ceremonial lighting of the campus chapel, which shed light on a live Nativity scene.

The 2010 Christmas in the Village raised more than $35,000 that will go toward the scholarship fund established to help residents continue to make Breckenridge Village their home.