Bloomfield, Missouri - More than 300 people gathered around the beautifully decorated Stoddard County Courthouse on Wednesday evening to celebrate "It's A Wonderful Life" hosted by the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce.
The Bloomfield Chamber has become more active recently hosting and co-hosting various events in the city. This was the first of its kind and hopefully will become an annual event.
A dog show was held with seven entries and a light contest was also held.
The winners for the light contest received a $50 Visa Card each!
Best Bloomfield Business - Dee Dee's Custom Creations
The Clark Griswold Award (Most/Tackiest Lights) - Tiffanie Smith
Best Street - Maple Lane
Classic Christmas - Vida & Trent Shipman
Elf - Heath & Chasity Estes
Zach Zook and the Leftovers sang several songs. They were quite the hit with folks singing from the bleachers.
The Bloomfield Community Choir under the direction of Buddy Heaton kept everyone in the Christmas spirit with their renditions of several holiday tunes.
Even jolly old St. Nick took time out of his busy Christmas season to visit with the children.
A Christmas Reading by Alice Fowler and to end the festivities was Greg Stevens who prayed for a blessed Christmas and to all the military who are put in harms way each and every day. "Be thankful for all you have and your family," he said.
Also a BIG THANKS to their Sponsors: Granny Pickers, Town and Country, NAPA Auto Parts, Wyatts One Stop, Briney & Sue Welborn, On The Go - Bloomfield, Sweet T's & Co, Mike Maroni Law, Shelter Insurance , Gary & Donna Deardorff, Classic Cuts , Wethington Tire, Christian's General Store, Quality Floor Maintenance , and Miller Street Antiques.
"It was an awesome evening straight out of a Hallmark movie!" stated April Bond. "Please do it again!"
"I hope this becomes an annual event," stated Brook Allen, member of the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce Board. "It's the holiday season and we just wanted to bring Bloomfield together and make it a special night."
