Kansas A to Z: ‘C’ is for WaKeeney Christmas

Hailed as the Christmas City of the High Plains, the holiday spirit can be discovered year-round in WaKeeney.

The city’s annual tree lighting and downtown Christmas display is known as the largest between Kansas City and Denver, but even a trip to the city in the summer will bring reminders of Christmas.

A vacant lot located in the 100 block of Main Street has been transformed into the WaKeeney’s North Pole Park, featuring permanent holiday decorations.

“WaKeeney, the main thing we’re known as is the Christmas City of the High Plains year-round,” said Cathy Albert, director of WaKeeney Travel and Tourism. We only have the decorations up Thanksgiving to New Years, but the North Pole is there year-round.