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Celebrate Christmas on the far eastside at CAFE’s annual Elf Party. 

The free event is 6-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at the Community Alliance of the Far Eastside, 8902 E. 38th St. 

Activities include free pictures with Santa, a cookie decorating station and meeting animals from Broganville Farm. 

There will be a Christmas lights countdown in the center’s orchard. Attendees are encouraged to wear weather appropriate clothes. 

Dinner will be provided and registration is not required. More information can be found on CAFE’s Facebook page. 

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Mirror Indy reporter Darian Benson covers east Indianapolis. Contact her at 317-397-7262 or darian.benson@mirrorindy.org. Follow her on X @HelloImDarian or on Bluesky @darianbenson.bsky.social.

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Celebrate the holiday season at CAFE’s free elf party

by Darian Benson, Mirror Indy
November 24, 2025

<h1>Celebrate the holiday season at CAFE’s free elf party</h1> <p class="byline">by Darian Benson, Mirror Indy <br />November 24, 2025</p> <p>Celebrate Christmas on the far eastside at CAFE’s annual Elf Party. </p> <p>The free event is 6-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at the Community Alliance of the Far Eastside, 8902 E. 38th St.&nbsp;</p> <p>Activities include free pictures with Santa, a cookie decorating station and meeting animals from <a href="https://mirrorindy.org/broganville-farm-cafe-far-eastside-community-events-indianapolis/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broganville Farm</a>. </p> <p>There will be a Christmas lights countdown in the center’s orchard. Attendees are encouraged to wear weather appropriate clothes.&nbsp;</p> <p>Dinner will be provided and registration is not required. More information can be found on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CAFEindy.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CAFE’s Facebook page</a>. </p> <p><em>Mirror Indy, a nonprofit newsroom, is </em><a href="https://mirrorindy.org/donors/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>funded through grants and donations</em></a><em> from individuals, foundations and organizations. </em></p> <p><em>Mirror Indy reporter Darian Benson covers east Indianapolis. Contact her at 317-397-7262 or darian.benson@mirrorindy.org. Follow her on X </em><a href="https://twitter.com/HelloImDarian" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>@HelloImDarian</em></a><em> or on Bluesky </em><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/darianbenson.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>@darianbenson.bsky.social</em></a><em>.</em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/celebrate-the-holiday-season-at-cafes-free-elf-party/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org&quot;&gt;Mirror Indy&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Mirror-Indy-square-logo-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=67894&amp;amp;ga4=G-X0R0QW371R&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mirrorindy.org/celebrate-the-holiday-season-at-cafes-free-elf-party/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mirrorindy.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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