It’s the MOST wonderful time of the year! The long time mascot of the Plumas Sierra
County Fair; Chipper, 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 produce
“Chipper’s Christmas Wonderland”. The PSCF Foundation, along with this loveable
rodent, got dozens of volunteers to hand paint a variety of Christmas scenes that will be
displayed along a drive-thru tour of the fairgrounds. Over 5000 lights will cover buildings
and fill trees for this first annual event.
For weeks, volunteers have 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.
Originally planned as a combination drive-thru and walking tour, COVID considerations,
at least for this year, make this an exclusive drive-thru experience. The attraction will
open Friday, December 4 at 6pm and operate until 8pm. It will be open again Saturday
night, December 5, and every Friday and Saturday night through December 19, with the
same hours. Visitors can come to the front gate where they will be greeted and spaced out
to avoid cars getting too close to each other. As a special treat, the fabulous performers of
Quircus will be fire dancing amongst the trees. The path will wind along 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 car. A
helpful elf will be there with a basket on a stick to transfer wrapped candy canes from
Santa to the kids, and even receive 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. Maybe next year!
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. This is a free event. There will be a
donation barrel 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.
It's time! Be prepared for an evening of dancing, singing, laughing and all-around fun as we debut our first ever video on YouTube tonight at 6:00 p.m. The link to access the video playlist is here: 
