There’s Christmas fun on center field!

After providing an escort for Santa, the Manatee High School Drum line performs for the crowd at the Center of Anna Maria Island.

In the center gym, kids decorate — and gobble up! — sugar cookies, as well as hot dogs, hamburgers, ice cream and other treats that keep them wired for games and other activities.

Harper, 3, and Jace, 6, Nikki and Kyle Chastain’s children and grandkids of Ben and Susan Webb, longtime islanders and operators of AMI Dolphin Tours, visit Santa Dec. 6 at the Center of Anna Maria Island Lester Family Fun Day. Santa hosted kids outdoors where there were plenty of activities — while refreshments and other games were indoors. Islander Photos: Bonner Joy