Smokejack and other food vendors will provide dinner at the 35th annual Alpharetta Christmas Tree Lighting on Friday, Nov. 30.
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Saturday, November 24, 2012
Alpharetta's 35th annual Christmas Tree Lighting celebration is less than a week away, but check your calendars – this year's event will be held on Friday instead of the schedule over the past few years. The Alpharetta Downtown Historic District will light up on Friday, Nov. 30, at 5pm. The annual celebration will now fill the downtown streets with musical performances, Santa, Christmas Farmer’s Market, food trucks and more, according to Special Events Manager Kim Dodson. Yes, the usual stretch of Milton Avenue from Main Street to the Roswell/Canton Street intersection will be closed. The lighting of the town will occur at dusk then Alpharetta’s Christmas tree, a 45 foot live blue spruce, will come aglow along with more than 10,000 …
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North Point Community Church will work to put the 'Miracle' into the event with its sponsorship.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Alpharetta will light up its downtown historic district on Friday, Nov. 30, with the city's 35th annual Chirstmas Tree Lighting. This is a new date, according to city Special Events Manager Kim Dodson, so update your calendars. The pre-lighting festivities begin around 5 p.m., filling donwtown streets with musical performances, a visit by Santa, a holiday market and more. Alpharetta’s 45-foot live blue spruce Christmas Tree will come aglow along with more than 100,000 additional twinkling lights in downtown Alpharetta. The lighting of the town will occur just before the arrival of Santa and Mrs. Claus on a City of Alpharetta fire truck. "But before Santa arrives we must fill the 'Cheer Meter' with Christmas spirit," Dodson said in her …
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The 3rd annual City of Milton tree lighting was a huge success.
Wide eyes and smiles from ear to ear. That's what you could see at the 3rd Annual City of Milton tree lighting. Santa arrived on a firetruck from Station 42. Milton High School Chorale performed traditional and non-traditional Christmas music. Annastacia Reginer, age 10, Aracely Reginer, age 8 and Rylan Shea, age 10, share what Christmas means to them.
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Jean Babson
4:53 pm on Sunday, November 18, 2012
My family will be going through Atlanta soon. We would like to attend church on Sunday morning. I wonder if there is a special Christmas program for this Christmas. Or special information that we need to know to be sure we will not miss a service. more ›