Seward holding 14th annual Christmas Festival on Small Business Saturday [Video]

SEWARD, Neb. (KOLN) – Known as the Fourth of July City, Seward knows a thing or two about putting on a big event. And that’s no different for their annual Christmas Festival.

“We kind of think of the Seward Christmas festival as a mini Fourth of July and so we have about 5,000 of our closest friends come to downtown to just have fun throughout the day,” said Seward Chamber president Jonathan Jank.

This is the 14th year of the festival and it all started when Lincoln’s now defunct Star City Parade ended in 2009.

Seward purchased the floats and moved them to the city for their own parade.

“We have a sleigh for Santa and we have a 37 foot long polar bear,” said Jank.

The lighted parade which kicks off at 5:30 p.m. is just one aspect of the event though. There are lots more fun activities for …