Preseason "Holiday" Tree Lighting

Everybody in my house knows that I don't want to hear any Christmas Music before Thanksgiving. I let it go that I heard it in Boscov's last week (I was, admittedly, Christmas shopping).

So the Preseason tree lighting at Upper Darby's Township Building was for me, well, PREseason.

But like last year, I came away loving the day. So many people collaborated to make a really nice event. I left my EMPTY Vera Bradley backpack to hold a seat (risky, I know) while I was frolicking about taking these snap shots, and alas it was still there when I got back to it. Our bikes were unscathed as well. So it was a real feel good event all the way around. I like that our township is doing these community events and I end up at many of them, being a proud parent of an Upper Darby Summer Stage Shooting Star.

The parade was full of Upper Darby's finest police and fire people, various fire trucks, and groups from all of the townships many schools.

A combined choir from the elementary schools sang a medley directed by Barbara Benglian. It was so sweet a sound.

We had a great singing Santa this year!

A musical tribute was paid to all vets of each of our country's branched of the armed forces. Nice to remember how we keep these liberties.

It all kind of makes you happy to be part of the land of the free. And glad that Christmas is WEEKS away!

For more photos of the day, click here!