tis the season book

December 2018

Our Inspiration
“Christmas, just isn’t what it used to be.” You hear that
refrain almost everywhere you go. While our memories
may be more powerful than our reality, there is little
question what was once viewed as, “the Holiday Season”
is now often reduced to a day or two of celebration.
As much in life, the Christmas Season has been
consolidated, confined, and condensed to fit into
our schedule. Festive gatherings are redefined as
obligations. Reflective times with friends and
family become viewed as intrusions. Shopping,
once the hunt for the “perfect gift,” is now
replaced by online clicks with the goal of quickly
checking off everyone on the list. Shopping has
become an accomplishment, instead of an exploration.
Gone are the times when the Holidays meant:
A wave and a nod to a stranger.
Catching up with a neighbor.
A memory with a child.
Our goal is to change all that.
Our vision is for a Hallmark inspired Holiday Season when
our community will flock to Main Street in Laurinburg to
enjoy the arts, quality entertainment, good restaurants,
and a positive shopping experience; but most of all, the
company of each other.
Christmas lights, music, beautifully decorated trees and
seasonal oriented events will rekindle memories and
nostalgia of bygone times. But our purpose is not to
simply recreate a setting, but to reconnect a community,
and rediscover a moment in our hearts and souls. It is an
opportunity to embrace the holiday and recapture a
season.
Tis the Season is a time to:
Recapture the spirit of Christmas.
Gather together.
Reconnect.
Reach-out and remember those that cannot join us.
Create experiences that will bond your family
together and create a larger quilt of memories that
will warm our community.

Our Vision
To Recapture the Spirit of Christmas
Main Street Storefront Greenery and
Lights
Festival of Christmas Trees
Main Street Inside Window Displays
Live Nativity
Videos of “Special Christmas
Memories”
To Gather Together and Reconnect
Food Vendors
Holiday Concert Series
Christmas Music/Chorales
Santa Letter Writing
Cookie Decorating
Christmas Tree Decorating
Community Tree Lighting Ceremony
Videos and Music
Snow-making
Ice Skating Rink
To Reach-out and Remember Those
That Can Not Join Us
“Laurinburg Cam”
Service Men/Women Videos
Skype (as able)
Create experiences that will bond your family together
and create a larger quilt of memories that will
warm our community.

Our Team
Director - Provides effective centralized management and
implementation of the ‘Tis The Season Initiative. (Terry
Parker)
Co- Directors - Work with Director in providing
centralized management and implementation of the ‘Tis
The Season Initiative. (Janice Creed / Carol Coughenour)
Secretary - Maintains minutes of all meetings for
historical reference and provides written notes to
volunteers and sponsors. (Cynthia Womble)
Treasurer - Maintains all financial records of organization
and coordinates filing of taxes with CPA. (Bill Rabon)
Member at Large - Mary Evans
Member at Large - Chris English
Member at Large - Daniel Walters
Committees
Main Street Lights and Greenery
Festival of Christmas Trees
Live Nativity
New Year’s Eve Drop
Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony
Main Street Window Displays
Holiday Concert Series
Snow Zone
Artificial Ice Skating Rink
Marketing
Fundraising