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Westport Kicks Off The Holidays Downtown

by vinzitari News Comment
Santa Claus is greeted by a crowd of children after he arrives at Westport's Christ & Holy Trinity Church Thursday night. Photo Credit: Vanessa Inzitari
Westport's Spence Boston, 3, and his brother Jack, 5, visit with Santa Thursday night at Christ & Holy Trinity Church. Photo Credit: Vanessa Inzitari
Cici Petrosinelli, 4, and her brother Domenic, 6, watch an ice sculpture demonstration Thursday night in Westport. Photo Credit: Vanessa Inzitari
Domenic Petrosinelli, 6, gets a feel for the ice. Photo Credit: Vanessa Inzitari
The Staples High School Orphenians perform outside Westport's Christ & Holy Trinity Church Thursday night. Photo Credit: Vanessa Inzitari
An ice sculpture is hard at work Thursday night outside Westport's Christ & Holy Trinity Church. Photo Credit: Vanessa Inzitari
Kitty Caissy and Grace Price, Fairfield Warde High School students, volunteer at Christ & Holy Trinity. Photo Credit: Vanessa Inzitari
People warm up around a fire pit, provided by Gault Energy, Thursday night in Westport. Photo Credit: Vanessa Inzitari
Westport resident Marc Isaacs buys light bulbs for the Levitt Pavilion from Carleigh and Freda Welsh. Photo Credit: Vanessa Inzitari
From left, musicians Jim Clark and Chris Coogan play holiday tunes Thursday at Christ & Holy Trinity Church in Westport. Photo Credit: Vanessa Inzitari
Read the Article Westport Flips the Switch on Christmas

WESTPORT, Conn. – The front lawn of Westport Town Hall is more colorful now thanks to the string of lights wrapped around the large Norway Spruce. On Thursday evening, hundreds of residents watched as the tree was lit up during a town-sanctioned outdoor Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

“This is the first outdoor lighting ceremony we’ve had in many, many years,” First Selectman Gordon Joseloff told onlookers before he flipped the switch. “I’m delighted to have it on the front lawn of Town Hall.”

The town has, for as long as Joseloff said he remembers, held an annual ...
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