The 35th annual Bluffton Blaze of Lights was a return to tradition on Saturday, November 27, 2021. A year off in 2020 and a sprinkling of rain didn't phase organizers, participants and the thousands of visitors who gathered for a parade, entertainment, and lighting ceremony.
2021 Blaze of Lights photographs by Jamie Nygaard of JB Nygaard Photography.
Book Reviews, Et Cetera Shop and Ten Thousand Villages will not only be open extra hours on Shop Small Saturday--from 9 a.m.-7 p.m.--they will also be hosting a treasure hunt.
Chrissy Lugibihl, manager of the Et Cetera Shop thrift store, tells the icon that shoppers can pick up and drop off forms at any of the three shops for this enter to win activity.
UPDATE: Santa will be in the alley between Roots and Webb Insurance (111 and 105 S. Main) after riding the in the antique fire truck in the parade.
The 35th annual Bluffton Blaze of Lights will be celebrated on the evening of Saturday, November 27 in downtown Bluffton. The Blaze, as it is known, begins with a festival--including a parade, entertainment, and ceremonies--that attracts some three to four thousand people. A great number have seen the Blaze many times, but let’s describe it for the first-time visitor and those reading from a distance.
The Swiss Community Historical Society of Bluffton and Pandora has announced the return of the traditional Christmas Open House at the Schumacher Homestead, 8350 Bixel Road, Bluffton. The event will be extended over two days, from 3-6 p.m. on December 4 and 5, giving visitors the chance to view the farmhouse by daylight and candle light.
Visitors can tour the decorated house, make a dipped candle, shop in the Christmas shop and enjoy refreshments around a fire in the backyard.
Poet, songwriter, and activist Terry Hermsen will perform songs from his new album Dance Floor at the End of Time: Songs for a Regenerative Earth at 7 p.m. on November 22 at First Mennonite Church, 101 S. Jackson St.
Hermsen is a leader of ROAR (Regional Ohio Action for Resilience) which organizes climate change projects in central Ohio. His Bluffton friends and collaborators include Kathy Dickson. Hermson asks the audience to bring their own “calls to the earth,” poems and readings for a time of sharing and reflection.
