1/2 Santa Claus high fives a little helper during the Winterfest in Spencer last weekend. - Chandler Inions

SPENCER — Winterfest has become a fixture on the Spencer holiday calendar since its inception five years ago, but this year is going to look a little different.

The change is due to the construction and opening of Spencer Town Park during the past year, which will provide a new setting for the festivities, albeit in a similar location. Previous Winterfests occupied the central downtown parking lot, roughly a third of of which was converted into the park.

Winterfest Committee Chairman Kimberly Lentz said the focus since the beginning has been to provide a special event for children of Rowan County, and the park bolsters that opportunity. .

“That has been our goal through the wh

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