Winterfest a source of holiday cheer in Post Falls
CAROLYN BOSTICK | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 23 hours, 35 minutes AGO
Post Falls Key Club members Hadley Birdsell, Ryan Dretke and Kamryn Abraham transformed into elves Friday evening for the Post Falls Winterfest celebration at City Hall Plaza.
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Mark Ameerali, Robby, Izzy, Ashleigh, Ben and Zoe toast s'mores at Winterfest in Post Falls.
Kinsley and Isabella Muy pose with a Christmas tree at the Winterfest celebration in Post Falls.
Arches light Post Falls City Hall Plaza Friday during Winterfest.
Carolyn Bostick has worked for the Coeur d’Alene Press since June 2023. She covers Shoshone County and Coeur d'Alene. Carolyn previously worked in Utica, New York at the Observer-Dispatch for almost seven years before briefly working at The Inquirer and Mirror in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Since she moved to the Pacific Northwest from upstate New York in 2021, she's performed with the Spokane Shakespeare Society for three summers. | December 6, 2025 1:00 AM
POST FALLS — Attendees faced a wet and rainy Winterfest on Friday, but families kept up their holiday spirit as they waited to meet Santa at Post Falls City Hall, but with burn barrels to keep them warm and roast marshmallows.
Kamryn Abraham joined fellow Post Falls High School Key Club members Hadley Birdsell and Ryan Dretke in turning into elves at the event’s photo station, however it wasn't her first time donning an elf hat for the event.
“I started when I was a wee elf,” Abraham said.
Amanda and Najé Evans helped their kids, Christelle, Garyson and Robby, make s’mores as they waited for the tree lighting ceremony.
“We were having dinner across the street and we didn’t even know this was happening,” Najé said.
S’mores are always a crowd pleaser at the event, so Jason Wiley of Post Falls Parks and Recreation said the department was sure to get supplies for 600 s’mores to last throughout the night.
“We ran out of cookies last year and people only had marshmallows after a while,” Wiley said.
Amanda Evans and Christelle, Garyson and Robby make s'mores alongside Mark Ameerali, Izzy, Ashleigh, Ben and Zoe at Winterfest in Post Falls.
Mark Ameerali, Izzy, Ashleigh, Ben and Zoe toast s'mores at Winterfest in Post Falls.
Arches light Post Falls City Hall Plaza Friday during Winterfest.
Kinsley and Isabella Muy pose with a Christmas tree at the Winterfest celebration in Post Falls.ARTICLES BY CAROLYN BOSTICK
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