Hampton area happenings, week of Nov. 21, 2022

Holiday celebration set for Dec. 1

Santa Claus will visit the Hampton Community Center at 7 p.m. Dec. 1, with the help of the Hampton and North Hampton volunteer fire departments.

Fireworks will begin at 7, followed by a performance by Premier Dance Academy, before Santa arrives with Rudolph via fire engine. Photos with Santa, compliments of Berkshire Hathaway Real Estate, will be featured.

Weather permitting, Old School Italian Sandwich Shop and Tocayo Taqueria food trucks will be parked in the community center lot from 6:30 to 8:30.

Inside the center, Leaning Cask Brewing Co. and Lucky Signs Spirits will serve beverages to attendees 21 and older. Complimentary hot chocolate also will be available.

Representatives of Little Medical School of Greater Pittsburgh, located in Hampton, will be on site to discuss programs they will host at the community center in 2023.

Find Happy the Elf

Happy the Elf will be hiding in different places throughout the Hampton Community Center Nov. 28 through Dec. 23.

Elf on the Shelf search papers will be available at the center’s service desk beginning Nov. 28. The dates that Happy will be changing his hiding spot are noted on the search paper.

After you have found Happy, the community center desk staff will stamp your paper. Be sure to keep your paper for each visit to the center and collect all four stamps. Participants with all four will be entered to win a prize.

The deadline for submitting search papers in Dec. 23, and winners will be contacted Jan. 3.

The search is designed for young children, but participants of all ages who are young at heart are welcome to join in the fun.

Santa’s Mailbox at community center

Santa’s Mailbox is returning to the Hampton Community Center just in time for the Dec. 1 holiday event. Stop by with your children for them to “mail” letters to the North Pole.

This year, the mailbox is located at the entrance of the community center, across from the library and in front of the administrative offices.

School Winter Concert Series

The Hampton Township School District Music Department announces dates for its Winter Concert Series:

• Hampton High School Chorus Concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 1, high school auditorium

• Hampton Middle School Chorus Concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 6, middle school auditorium

• Fifth-Sixth Grade Band Winter Concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 7, middle school auditorium

• Seventh-Eighth Grade Band Winter Concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 8, middle school auditorium

• Hampton High School Holiday Band/Orchestra Concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 12, high school auditorium

• Elementary Orchestra Winter Concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 13, middle school auditorium

• Hampton Middle School Orchestra Winter Concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 14, middle school auditorium

• Central Elementary Fourth-Fifth Grade Chorus and Fourth-Grade Band Winter Concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 15, Central cafeteria

• Poff Elementary Fourth-Fifth Grade Chorus and Fourth-Grade Band Winter Concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 15, middle school auditorium

• Wyland Elementary Fourth-Fifth Grade Chorus and Fourth-Grade Band Winter Concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 15, Wyland multipurpose room

‘One Night in Bethlehem’

Saints Martha and Mary Parish will host the annual “One Night in Bethlehem” family Christmas event from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 10 at the St. Catherine of Sweden social hall on Wildwood Road in Hampton.

Children ages 2 through 10 can participate in storytelling, crafts, games and a birthday party for Jesus. The evening concludes with an outdoor living Nativity scene, complete with Biblical characters and live animals.

Tickets, limited to the first 150 children, are $8 per child (children under 2 admitted at no charge) and can be purchased at the parish office or through the parish website. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Adult admission is free with a donation of a baby item for Lifeline of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

To order tickets, call 412-486-6001 or purchase online at stsmarthaandmaryparish.org.

Fall leaf collection

Waste Management collects yard waste, including leaves in paper biodegradable bags, the third full week of each month, April through November, in Hampton.

Township officials acknowledge that for most property owners, storing leaf bags for once-a-month collection can be difficult. As a result, road crews will be collecting leaf bags only (paper biodegradable bags) through Dec. 9. The collection will take during the weeks that Waste Management does not pick up yard waste.

Please place your leaf bags at the curb by 6 a.m. the morning of your normal garbage/recycling day.