Saturday night’s Christmas tree lighting event in Southampton was utterly magical. Thanks to all who came out to see the Parade of Lights, the tree lighting and fireworks in Southampton Village.
Thank you to all the fire departments, the EMS and Ocean Rescue, who decorated their trucks beautifully and shared the joy of the evening.
The village employees have worked tirelessly these last two weeks to make sure everything went without a hitch, and once again they delivered beyond all expectations.
Hats off to the village’s ambulance department and Chiefs Chris Epley, Colby Gill, Don Mahoney and Dan Berry, who flipped the switch and lit the tree for us.
Thank you to everyone who has already kindly donated to help bring this magical event to life year after year — we are so immensely grateful to all of you in our very special community.
Should you wish to donate please visit our website, southamptonchristmas11968.org, where you can make an online contribution.
Julie Fitzgerald
Mark Parash
Andrew Pilaro
2024 Christmas Decorations Committee
Southampton Village
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