Marquette, MI – November 24, 2021 – Yesterday evening, Marquette Township turned on the lights of the big Christmas Tree to celebrate the coming of the holiday seasons! Between 6-9 pm, people from all around collected in the Westwood Mall Parking Lot to watch the Tree Lighting Ceremony and meet Santa inside of the mall. Walt Lindala and Todd Noordyk emceed the festivities.
The night began with Linda Smith Christmas performing Christmas Carols for the crowd, and then a performance by Studio Dance Arts’ students on the stage.
Walt Lindala greets Santa as he takes the stage
The dancing was cut short by the Grinch, ready as ever to steal Christmas. Luckily, the Sheriff was prepared & nearby, and captured the Grinch before he could ruin Christmas! Once the Grinch was carted off, Santa arrived escorted by the fire department. Together with the crowd, counting down from ten, Santa flipped the switch to light up the tree to ring in the season!
After the tree was aglow, the crowd headed into Westwood mall where Super One Foods of Marquette provided hotdogs and hot cocoa to help warm up everybody. In the back of the mall, Santa was taking pictures with the kids and his little helpers passed out candy, courtesy of Jet’s Pizza.
Check out our gallery of images from the event below!
Walt Lindala and Todd Noordyk emceed at the eventWalt introduces Linda Smith ChristmasLinda Smith Christmas singing Christmas songsEverybody sang songs for the Tree Lighting CeremonyA huge crowd turned out for this year’s Tree Lighting CeremonyUh-oh! The Grinch was among the attendees as well….Studio Dance Arts’ Students appeared on stage for a performanceThe Girls at Studio Dance Arts performing their second songThe Grinch appeared on stage, interrupting the girls’ performanceUp to no good as always, the Grinch is trying to steal Christmas!Linda Smith Christmas played a tune as the Grinch paced around the stageDon’t take Christmas, Grinch!The Grinch is about to steal the tree lighting lever!Sheriff DeRocher arrived on the scene just in time!Marquette’s Sheriff arrives to arrest the Grinch!A job well done! Thanks Marquette County Sheriff Department!Looks like Santa is arriving with the Fire Department!Santa arrives on the Fire TruckHo ho ho! Santa is here to light the tree!The whole crowd cheered as Santa took the stageWalt Lindala greets Santa as he takes the stageTodd Noordyk welcomes Santa to the stageSanta prepares to pull the lever to light the Christmas TreeSanta flips the switch!3… 2…. 1….. LIGHTS!A view of the Christmas Tree after it was litSanta poses with his handy work before meeting the kidsSuper One Foods served food & drink after the tree lightingThere was hot chocolate too!Santa met with dozens of kids to take their Christmas lists and take pictures!Our very own Abbie helped Santa with all the kids
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