Optimist photographer Sam Forrest takes photos of children with Santa at the Smyrna “Home for the Holidays” Festival and Christmas Tree lighting in November.

The City of Smyrna and the Smyrna Optimist Club will welcome Santa again this year on: Dec. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Santa will be at Aunt Fanny’s cabin on Atlanta Road across from Downtown Smyrna Village. Choral groups from Smyrna area schools presented music during the festival

And at Vinings Jubilee visitors can Take a break from shopping as the Jubilee offers free horse drawn sleigh rides Friday, Dec. 7 and 14 from 5 to 8 p.m.

From the December 2012 issue of The Bright Side, Cobb County Georgia’s Newspaper covering Smyrna, Vinings, Mableton and Austell, GA.