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Photo Gallery: Christmas Tree Lighting in Downtown Watkinsville

Hundreds enjoyed Christmas carols, visits with Santa, and hot chocolate and cookies at the last First Friday of 2011.

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Holiday cheer filled downtown Watkinsville at the final First Friday on Main Street Dec. 2, sponsored by the Watkinsville Trade and Tourism Association.

Event-goers were greeted with Christmas carols by members of and hot chocolate with all the fixings and tasty cookies, compliments of .

Children lined up for a photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus and played games with an Elf.

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But the main attraction was the twenty-foot Christmas tree donated by Greenbriar Leaf Farm that lit up the night's sky as Rev. Doug Ivey of Watkinsville First Christian Church sang, "O Holy Night."

 

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