Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Set for Thursday
Posted/updated on: November 27, 2012 at 3:57 pm
TYLER — City of Tyler crews spent last week and the first part of this week decorating downtown with thousands of Christmas lights in time for the 27th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. It’s to be held on the T.B. Butler Fountain Plaza following the Jaycees Christmas Parade scheduled for 6 p.m. this Thursday.
The centerpiece of the ceremony, a 26-foot Leyland cypress donated by Jackie and Debbie Merket of Merket Christmas Tree Farm in Beckville, has been covered in more than 9,600 lights. The tree will be lit by one-year-old Daniela Guzzetta, who was named the 2012 Miracle Child, representing the Children’s Miracle Network at Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics. There will also be live music by the East Texas Christian Jazz Band and a performance by Artistic Dance Concepts.
