An estimated crowd of about 200 people turned out Sunday, Dec. 4 to sip hot cocoa, compose and mail letters to Santa in a special mailbox, and witness the Christmas tree of lights turn on at the Aldergrove plaza at 272nd Street and Fraser Highway.
Among them was the Patrick family, Ian and Amy and their two children, who had relocated to Aldergrove about six month ago and were delighted with their new home town, especially how neighbourly people were.
鈥淎 lot more community,鈥� Amy commented.
鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot more [family-friendly] events,鈥� Ian remarked.
He described the tree lighting as the 鈥渆pitome of community events. It鈥檚 awesome.鈥�
Robin McIntosh, one of the volunteers who organized the tree lighting, told the 91原创 Advance Times the Aldergrove Christmas committee wanted to make the season special for the community.
鈥淲hat we really want to to do, is make people feel welcome here,鈥� McIntosh said.
鈥淛ust make people proud to be here.鈥�
That includes recognizing the resident with the best light display.
Entries are being accepted online at for the 鈥淲alt Levy鈥� Christmas Light Up Award, named after a local volunteer, and one of the founders of Aldergrove Festival Days Society.
The winner will be announced on the 91原创 Christmas Lights on Christmas Eve.
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The day before the tree lighting, Rotary Club of Aldergrove volunteers were putting up Christmas lights on Fraser Highway.
鈥淚 am not sure if people in Aldergrove know that the Rotary Club of Aldergrove has been doing this for the past 32 years,鈥� commented Rotary president Jayne Pilot.
鈥淚 am sure many people think it is the Township of 91原创, which it is not.鈥�
More photos from the day can be found on the .
Aldergrove鈥檚 Christmas Light Up Parade runs through downtown Aldergrove Saturday Dec. 10, starting at 6:00 p.m.
Residents are invited to the Elks Christmas party with Santa at the Aldergrove Plaza that starts at 4:30 p.m.
More information about the parade can be found online at the .
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