The City of Syracuse presents “Home for the Holidays” the Syracuse Tree Lighting Celebration, in Clinton Square! As the official start of the holiday downtown Syracuse, the Syracuse Tree Lighting marks the start of ice skating, winter activities and all the holiday season festivities!
It’ll be held at 6pm on Friday, November 29th.
As in the past, it will be filled with music and fun for people of all ages and, of course, Santa and Mrs. Claus!
New this year, a holiday mailbox that will be placed on the east side of Clinton Square, next to the tree, for children to drop off letters for the North Pole on the night of the tree lighting. To receive a response from the North Pole, letters dropped off must include a complete return address, child’s first name and last initial, 2-3 holiday wishes, their favorite thing about Syracuse during the holiday season, and the parent or guardian’s full name.
Also new this year, five area youth will join Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens on stage to help light up the Christmas Tree at the tree lighting celebration. The selected youth will each be winners from the City Parks Department Winter Art Contest. One winner will be selected from each of the following age categories: 4-6; 7-9; 10-12.
How to enter:
- Youth between the ages 4-18 need to create a freehand drawing showcasing this year’s theme of “Holidays at Home”.
- Take a picture of your child’s drawing and e-mail it to: [email protected] by Friday, November 17 at 5 p.m.
- Make sure you include: name, age, school, parent name, phone #, and e-mail.
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