Frontenac hosts Christmas Kickoff

Frontenac seemed to want to start an early kickoff of the season greetings to all. November 29th Frontanac, Kansas hosted it yearly Christmas kickoff and the city seems to be the first city in the area to host such a Christmas event. Mayor Jim Kennedy said, “Frontenac made the decision more than a decade ago when the Christmas kickoff got started in 1997.” The kickoff began with a group of Frontenac students singing Christmas carols, Mayor Kennedy flicked the switch on a large number of lights in the downtown Frontenac area. But the finally was when the students sang and Santa Claus rode into the area on a big fire truck, with a big wave of his hand he led the more than 200 plus crowd inside for hot chocolate and sugar cookies.

I was so excited to read this article, it started out festive, and it ended so. These are the kind of articles I really enjoy reading. It excited me to hear the touch of the past. People are not in their houses warm and cozy watching the football game on television, they were all gathered to see a jolly ole soul coming down the road in a fire truck.

I enjoyed reading this article on http://www.morningsun.net/featured/x215412351/Frontenac-hosts-Christmas-kickoff it was festive, and it kept the spirit of the holidays. There were no doom and gloom, there was no death or dismemberment, there was no missing persons or items, and it was all happy, festive and kept the concept as such through the complete article. “Every year we try to add on to the park and the lights in the city,” Kennedy said. “We think we’re getting all types together here. With the singing and everything, it just makes everyone so close-knit, from the teeny ones who can’t even walk to the 80-year-olds.” The mayor had a deep moment realizing the spirit of Christmas runs in any age touches most all souls. “I love it when all the little kids from the high school come out on a Sunday night when the Chiefs are playing to come sing reindeer songs,” Kennedy said. “It’s just something that a small town can do. A large town, I don’t believe could do this as easily as we can do it.” Mr. Kennedy made the comment that I was really touched by and was very factual about large towns not having this kind of spirit of a small town such as Frontenac.
It is wonderful to find a town that has kept the spirit of Christmas alive and beating as a human heart. This mayor and town holds the spirit and keeps it alive with each year that passes. The mayor might have been actually honest as his acknowledging the city’s touch, of young and old towns’ people at the Christmas kickoff. As you drive through the town looking at each pole with decorations of Christmas you actually feel the true meaning of what it’s all about. The small town atmosphere spills over as you see the smiles of its town folk and this can take you back to before Christmas became so commercial. The day that Christmas was about giving and not receiving, when people where there for their neighbors and family, not having to worry about what would be said or possibly a lawsuit for helping someone. Frontenac, Kansas is a small town with an old fashion atmosphere, a place to raise your children.