This Friday at 7 p.m. is the annual Lighted Christmas Parade in Perry, and immediately after the parade concludes the community is invited to La Poste for the “Poste Holiday Lighted Parade Party.”

La Poste co-owner Jenny Eklund says when she moved to Perry around 20 years ago, she immediately fell in love with the annual holiday parade. “One of the best things I found about Perry was this lighted parade. I was so impressed with it. And so we’ve always wanted to be a part of it, and this year we had the opportunity. So the Chamber, some community members, (and) the City came to us and said, ‘Jenny would you entertain this idea?’ I said, ‘Heck yeah, I would!’”

The festivities will feature events for all ages. On the front porch of La Poste, the Perry High School Junior Class Prom Committee will be selling s’mores packages as a fundraiser. In the main gallery, attendees will be treated to holiday music from flutist Christian Loaiza, the St. Patrick’s 1st-3rd grade singers, and the Perry High School Select Choir. There will also be hot chocolate, fresh cookies, and door prizes in the form of 25 stockings, each with a surprise inside. Additionally, Santa will be making an appearance starting at 7:45 p.m.

For the adult attendees, there will be more activities in the Cellar, including Genevieve Salamone, the One-Woman Orchestra, hor d’oeuvres, Andy’s Special Holiday Drink, and a cash bar. Eklund adds, the whole building will be decorated by around 70 poinsettias, as well as lights, gifts, and trees. To learn more about the Poste Holiday Lighted Parade Party, listen to last Friday’s Perry Fareway Let’s Talk Dallas County program at RaccoonValleyRadio.com.