Santa comes to downtown Oak Harbor By Laura Guido • December 4, 2018 1:30 am Photo by Laura Guido/ Whidbey News-Times. During Oak Harbor’s celebration on Pioneer Way Saturday, Tracy, 10, and Katelyn, 5, tell Santa Claus what they want for Christmas this year. He regrettably informed them he cannot give live animals. Carolers sang, Santa helped Mayor Bob Severns light the tree downtown and children told the man in red what they hoped to he’d bring them this year for Christmas at Saturday’s annual Home for the Holidays celebration in Oak Harbor.