Saturday, Dec 6th, 2025 will mark the 38th annual Lighted Christmas Parade in Oskaloosa, Iowa. If you haven’t been to Osky (how the locals refer to it) to see the town square lit up or the lighted Christmas Parade – you need to add this to your bucket list! For 2025, the parade starts at…
It’s my favorite book store in Iowa – where they store their valuables (books) in the vaults! Yes, no kidding – there are three vaults and they keep specific themes in each of the vaults. One vault is dedicated to Iowa – either written by an Iowan or a book about Iowa. The second vault…
When the sun goes down, the town square in Oskaloosa, Iowa turns into one of the best holiday lights displays in the state. For 2025, the lighting ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2025 at 5pm. Downtown lights will then run every evening approx 5pm and 11pm thru early January. It was proposed and…