A Town of Danville annual event, not to be missed! Well, it is usually cold and miserable, and nothing changes from year to year, but if you live in Danville, you have to go to the annual lighting of the old oak tree. It is always held on the Friday evening after Thanksgiving and is meant to kick off the Christmas spirit (after shopping all day on the busiest shopping day of the year).
Every year the streets are closed to traffic and hundreds, maybe thousands, of people gather around this big old tree in the downtown area. After a bunch of short speeches, which no one can hear, they flip the switch and thousands of lights turn on. Everyone cheers, and then head back out to town to watch carolers, sip hot cider and munch on cookies.
Lots of fun, we tell ourselves. See you next year!
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