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Christmas Season Begins in Annual Oak Bluffs Tree Lighting

Vineyard Brass Ensemble serenades the gathering revelers.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Vineyard Brass Ensemble serenades the gathering revelers.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Season officially begins in downtown Oak Bluffs.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Season officially begins in downtown Oak Bluffs.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Debbie and Jim Westervelt serve hot cocoa to Holly Alaimo.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Debbie and Jim Westervelt serve hot cocoa to Holly Alaimo.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Apparently, red antlers were the fashion accessory of the evening.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Apparently, red antlers were the fashion accessory of the evening.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Elves passed out candy canes at Basics.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Elves passed out candy canes at Basics.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Cheers as the tree is lighted.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Cheers as the tree is lighted.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Mark Alan Lovewell
Mark Alan Lovewell
Many hands make decorating fast work.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Many hands make decorating fast work.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Brian Weiland leads children in singing Christmas carols.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Brian Weiland leads children in singing Christmas carols.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Post Office Square was filled with festivity.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Post Office Square was filled with festivity.
Mark Alan Lovewell

A large holiday crowd of kids wearing red antlers and parents sipping hot cocoa filled Post Office Square Wednesday evening for the annual Oak Bluffs tree lighting. Oak Bluffs music teacher Brian Weiland led everyone in Christmas carols, strumming his brightly lit guitar, and the Vineyard Brass Ensemble performing holiday classics.



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