Heritage State Park was the location of yet another of Fall River's holiday events held on December 6, 2008, for parents and children of all ages. Children had the chance to shop for parents, grandparents and family members with a volunteer elf from Santa’s workshop. They could also get free pictures with Santa, do cookie decorating and ornament making, have their face painted, watch Christmas movies, and visit Candy’s Petting Zoo. The Trustees of the Reservation, the Fall River Fire Museum, and HealthFirst Family Care Center also had tables and exhibits. The event was sponsored by the Friends of Heritage State Park and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. For information about the Friends of Heritage State Park, contact Paul Simister at 508-353-0416. Click here for photos of the 2008 Christmas Parade. Click here to see Arts & The Holidays, here to see CD-REC's holiday event, here to see the Heritage Holiday House and here to see the tree lighting ceremony.  
 

(Top row. left) Four-year-old Madison Pollock climbs on a fire truck supplied by the Fall River Fire Museum that brought Santa to the event earlier. (Top row, center) Sasha Nieves shows off her new Christmas nails to Lisandra Aponte as Angeliz Sanchez looks on. (Top row, right) Eight-year-old Brian Roussel gets in a private word with Santa. (Middle row, left) Somerset Middle School student Sydney Cardinal paints seven-year-old Abiah Fisher's face as she patiently waits. (Middle row, right) Ten-year-old Rodrigo DosSantos gests help assembling a Christmas ornament from volunteer J.T. Krystofolski at the Trustees of Reservations table. (Bottom row, left and right) Donna Tenn of Miss Candy's Animals in Berkeley (508-822-4610) passes a live rabbit to one of the children while her assistant places a live snake back in its cage as children watch. (Bottom row, center) LeAziah and LeaAaia Baulzout are accompanied by Annette Rioux and Corrine Oliveira across the bridge from Heritage State Park after the event.