News : Brandon area residents celebrate Christmas

A fishing enthusiast made this tree for the Bear Creek open house.

Levi Lehman and others made popcorn in a kettle outside the community center.

Evan Miller, 3 months old, meets Santa for the first time during Brandon's Christmas celebration.

The tree decorating contest included this Santa-themed tree.

Kettlecorn made over a fire. Wagon rides through the town. Area businesses and families decorating trees for the contest and making wreaths and baskets for the auction. A soup supper at the Methodist Church. Entertainment at both the Methodist and Christian Church. Open houses in several locations, including the historic Bear Creek Church.

All of those are traditions of the Brandon Christmas. The community holds its annual two-day holiday event the first weekend of every December.