The next one is Sunday, December 20, 2026
It runs at the MassMutual Center as the Springfield United Toy Drive and Holiday Celebration, presented with Strong Young Minds. Free, and no registration. It has its own page, which goes up detail by detail as each one is confirmed. Earlier years are still undocumented: no flyer, news story or photograph from before 2025 has reached us, and we would still like one.
- When
- Every December · next on Sunday, December 20, 2026
- Place
- Springfield
- Format
- Annual, December
- Documented
- 2026 sponsorship deck
- Partners
- Mayor Domenic Sarno · Commissioner Cheryl Clapprood · Strong Young Minds · Elks Lodge #61
How it works
The city's mayor and the police commissioner co-host the festival with us, alongside Strong Young Minds and Elks Lodge #61. Children and families get gifts, food and music.
For 2026 the festival is folded into Springfield United, a single citywide celebration built with Strong Young Minds rather than several smaller ones. The date, the venue and the programme come from the organisers' 2026 sponsorship deck, which is the first document naming any of them.
Earlier years are still a gap in our record rather than a doubt about the event: the board can name the partners, and no flyer, news story or photograph from before 2025 has reached us. If you have one, we want it.
We are still writing this one up
What we can source is above. The story is not. If you were there and can tell us how it went, or you have photographs, we would like to hear from you.
Sources
Everything on this page traces back to one of these. Where a source is not public, we say so rather than leave the claim bare.
- 2026 Springfield United sponsorship deck — Strong Young Minds, Inc. Not published online; the board holds a copy. It is the source for the 2026 date, the venue and the programme. Nothing published covers the earlier years: if you have a flyer or a photograph from any of them, we want it.