The light switch is about to be flipped in Carrboro with the annual lighting of the tree. The Carrboro Tree will be lit for this holiday season at 6 o’clock Friday evening, December 12th, in front of Town Hall.

According to Mayor Lydia Lavelle, “It’s an annual event we do, where we have students from the local elementary schools come together and sing carols. And then they help count down so that Santa can hear us, and we light the tree.”

Those students will be from Carrboro, McDougle, and Frank Porter Graham Elementary Schools in Carrboro, and Mayor Lavelle says they typically put on quite a show. “Ms. Cantrell usually has them all assembled and singing all kinds of wonderful songs.”

You can join in the tree lighting ceremony on Friday night at 6 o’clock. On Saturday, Chapel Hill and Carrboro will hold their annual holiday parade – making for a weekend of festive activities. The parade will begin at 10 o’clock Saturday morning, starting at the Old Post Office on East Franklin Street and will finish up at the Carrboro Town Hall on Main Street. More than 10,000 holiday revelers are expected to attend the parade.

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