Santa Claus is coming to town on December 2 for St. Adolphe’s pancake breakfast and Skate with Santa event. 

The doors will open at the St. Adolphe Arena/Pioneer Hall at 9:30 a.m. and stay open until 12:30. The morning will kick off with a pancake breakfast, where gluten-free options will be available. Santa will be on hand during the breakfast for kids to visit and share their wishlists. 

“There is a group of men in town who do all the cooking,” says Dana Ransom, pancake breakfast coordinator. “The Bantam hockey team with their parents will do the serving and cleanup. [The event] is put on by the minor hockey and community club.”

After breakfast, guests can participate in an open skate from 11:45 a.m. until 12:45 p.m., where kids will have the opportunity to skate with Santa while parents take photos. Families of all ages are invited to come out and enjoy the morning. The entry fee is $6 per adult and $3 per children 10 and under. 

In addition to the breakfast and skate, the event will also feature a Santa Store.

“People donate things like books, games, toys, and jewellery, and we set it up in a room,” explains Ransom. “We have the kids go in and buy things for twenty-five or fifty cents, and we wrap it up for them so they can take it home and have a gift for a parent or whatnot.”

The community can donate new or gently used items at the arena, where there will be a bin set up, or they can contact Dana Ransom to make alternate arrangements.