Hemingford, Nebraska

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Christmas Diorama

The Christmas Diorama in Hemingford is one of the most spectacular and unique Christmas displays in the United States.

The Diorama is a pictorial story of Christmas painted on wood panels covering more than two and one-half football fields.  More than 114 wooden cutouts of people, angels, and animals depict 16 Christmas scenes. Spotlights make all scenes and written explanations clearly visible from your car.  A loudspeaker system creates the proper mood by playing six hours of continuous religious Christmas songs.

The Christmas Diorama opens shortly after Thanksgiving thru New Years located west of the Box Butte County Fairgrounds.

Information

Hemingford Code 8-201 Article 2. Sidewalks

8-201 Sidewalks; Kept Clean. It shall be unlawful for the occupant of any lot or lots or the owner of any vacant lot or lots within the corporate limits to allow snow sleet, mud, ice or other substance to accumulate on the sidewalks or to permit any snow, sleet, ice, mud, or other substance to remain upon said sidewalk. All sidewalks within the business district shall be cleaned within five (5) hours after the cessation of a storm, unless the storm or fall of snow shall have taken place during the night, in which case the sidewalk shall be cleaned before eight (8:00) o’clock AM the following day: provided, sidewalks within the residential areas of the Municipality shall be cleaned within twenty-four (24) hours after the cessation of the storm.

City Calendar

  • Hemingford Swimming Pool CLOSED 7/4/22
  • CLOSED the following HOLIDAYS:
    • New Years Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Friday After,  and Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
  • City Council Meeting
    • 3rd Tuesday of each month 6 pm 
    • Village Council Chambers
  • Hemingford Chamber of Commerce
    • Monthly Meetings to be held at member locations  contact 308-487-3300 for location, date, and time of meetings
  • Avenue of the Flags
    • Labor Day * 4th of July * Memorial Day * Veteran’s Day
  • Treats on the Streets 
    • Tuesday , October 31st 2023 4-6pm Costume contest starts at 4:45pm 
  • Believe Christmas Tree Lighting
    • Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 time TBD 

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  • Hemingford Chamber of Commerce
  • Hemingford Events
  • Alliance Chamber of Commerce
  • Box Butte Development Corporation
  • Hemingford Public Library
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Contact Us:

Village Office
P.O. Box 395 700 Box Butte Ave.
Hemingford, Nebraska 69348
Business Phone: (308) 487-3465
Monday thru Thursday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Emergency Contact (after hours): (308) 762-6464
Fax: (308) 487-3462
E-mail: villageofhemingford@bbc.net

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