Excitement is building at Jefferson Street Preschool, you can see it in the children’s eyes. Our youngest hardly even know what it is they’re waiting for, but they sure are excited.

Christmas is coming and so is Santa!

Anticipation, with all the special activities, sentiments, traditions and feelings it brings, might be more than half the fun of Christmas. As we begin our Christmas crafts and songs in the classroom, our staff is also preparing for our annual Breakfast with Santa fundraiser.

For the seventh year in a row, teachers, parents and volunteers will be up early this Saturday morning to cook breakfast, set up the photo shoot, help Santa get ready and swing open the doors for this now-annual holiday event.

Santa will be visiting Jefferson Street Church’s Family Life Center, at 511 Jefferson St., from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday.

This is a great way to give your children or grandchildren the chance to chat with Santa and enjoy a delicious breakfast.

The menu will include eggs, sausage, pancakes, grits, juice and coffee. The ticket price of $8 covers breakfast and a photo with Santa. Adults who attend with their children only need to buy a ticket if they would also like to eat breakfast. Coffee will be complimentary!

We will also be hosting a Christmas bake sale again, during the breakfast, with lots of yummy homemade pies, cakes and cookies available for purchase.

This entire event is a fundraiser for the Jefferson Street Preschool. The proceeds will go to improve the playground.

The breakfast has become a wonderful contribution to our community’s Christmas celebrations, so add it to your calendar now. Be sure to start your family’s Saturday with Santa at Jefferson Street! In year’s past it’s been a great success, because the children and families who have come have had a terrific time.

Tickets and more information are available at Jefferson Street Church, 601-442-3795, or preschool, 601-445-8098. Tickets can also be purchased from any JSPS student or at the door Saturday.

We look forward to another very special morning this year, celebrating this great Christmas tradition with our families and yours.

 

Chretia Johnson is the director of Jefferson Street Preschool.