CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING

WATCH: Ho! Ho! Holy Cow! Santa comes to Lansdale

Fairmount Fire Co. ushered Kris Kringle into town Friday night, who helped light up Railroad Plaza with the Borough Christmas Tree

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Monday, December 9, 2024

Fairmount Fire Co. ushered Kris Kringle into town Friday night, who helped light up Railroad Plaza with the Borough Christmas Tree

Lansdalians: You watched out and you did not cry.

There were no pouts in the crowd at Railroad Plaza Friday, and we’ll tell you why: Santa Claus has come to town.

Lansdale residents, visitors and dignitaries gathered in the borough after 6 p.m. Friday, where Mayor Garry Herbert, along with Little Miss Lansdale Sophia Grebe, led the countdown for the annual Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony.

Fairmount Fire Co. ushered Santa into town on its fire engine – and will escort Big Red around town on Dec. 21 for the Annual Santa Run, starting around 4:30 p.m.

People also visited the Discover Lansdale Holiday Tree Display at 307 Derstine Avenue, The Reporter building, and voted for their favorite trees. You can vote too. It is open Thursday to Saturday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. through Jan. 4.

The Lansdale Lions Club tree. (Credit: Discover Lansdale)

See photos below of the Tree Lighting Ceremony:

By James Short

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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at [email protected]. Tony graduated from Kutztown University, under the tutelage of Dr. Matthew Nesvisky and Dr. Heather Thomas, and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Lansdale Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and the weekly Chronicle news editions of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. A fourth-generation Lansdalian, he was born and raised in and around the Borough, including Little Italy, and attended North Penn High School, graduating in 1998. He once interviewed Jesse Spano in the back of a limousine outside North Penn High School.