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Christmas at the Capitol

Christmas at the Capitol

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Governor Kristi Noem helped kick-off the 2022 Christmas at the Capitol event Tuesday night in the Capitol’s Rotunda. The theme of this year’s display is a Merry Prairie Christmas…

South Dakota Shriners are sponsoring the large 30 foot-tall Blue Spruce donated by two Pierre families; Steve and Sue Ahlers and Donald and Kristin Berger, Noem says the Shriners are the perfect sponsor for the tree…

Getting the honor of throwing the switch for the grand lighting ceremony is 14 year-old Gavin Bennett, who survived a bacterial meningitis infection at age six with help from a Shriner’s hospital in Ohio…

The Christmas at the Capitol display is open daily now through December 26th from eight-am to 10-pm.

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