KELSEYVILLE, Calif. — Downtown Kelseyville will kick off the Christmas season this Friday with the annual Christmas in the Country and Parade of Lights.

The theme for this year’s celebration is “Christmas in Toyland.”

The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the merchant open house.

At 6:30 p.m. the Parade of Lights will begin its tour through downtown. Register for the parade here.

After the parade, visit with Santa and get your picture taken at Lady Luck Garage until 8:30 p.m., and enjoy cocoa, cider and cookies.

In addition to fun, there will be plenty of food.

Pogo's Pizza Courtyard will sell pizza by the slice from 4:30 to 9 p.m., Kelseyville Presbyterian Church will offer chili with cornbread from 4:30 to 7 p.m., St. Peter's Catholic Church will have tamales and horchata and there will be Christmas carol singing, cookies and hot chocolate at Kelseyville United Methodist Church.

Kelseyville Presbyterian Church also will offer paid parking as part of its annual holiday fundraising campaign.

There also will be several merchants offering special activities. They include:

• Smiling Dogs Ranch Tasting Room, with live music with Red's Blues from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.;
• At Konoctees Screenprinting, join Bottlerock Candle Studio & Succulent-Pottery for Jingle & Mingle with hot cocoa, sweet treats, Christmas shopping and face painting from 2 to 8 p.m.;
• Specialty Care Cosmetic will host a raffle, cocoa and treats from 4:30 to 6 p.m.;
• From 4 to 8:30 p.m., preview the Lake County Festival of Trees entries at Sophie’s Day Spa.

To keep up on the latest events, check out the Visit Kelseyville Facebook page.