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Bethlehem, PA's Hanover Township Community Center welcomed the 2024 holiday season in a big way with its annual tree lighting holiday event. We are always so happy to support and participate in events at this facility since it is literally right down the street from our Bethlehem Patient First center.
Each year, this evening event attracts hundreds of folks from the neighborhood, and the best part of all, it is FREE and open to the community. Each year it seems to get bigger and bigger, too, with all kinds of fun activities and surprises for young and old alike. Expertly organized, the staff at the Community Center effectively uses just about every square inch of the facility, both indoors and outdoors, to create a truly fun filled evening for participants. We loved being back on site for the event again this year, and got such a charge out of all the commotion, the fun holiday music provided by a local disc jockey. and seeing all the smiling and happy faces.
Pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus, an indoor snowball battle, cookie decorating, free food and beverages including home made cake pops and popcorn, and crafts of all sorts and coloring table for the children to enjoy provided lots of indoor fun. Step outdoors, and you're treated to an ice carving demonstration, holiday music provided by a local school band, and a winter wonderland full of illuminated lights all over campus. All this combined to make it a great time for all who came out to enjoy the official start of the holiday season in Hanover Township. They thought of everything, including a huge outdoor grill for people to roast s'mores and grill hot dogs.
Of course, the highlight of the evening was when the switch was flipped and the holiday tree was illuminated. The line for photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus was non-stop all evening. We did get to talk with Santa while there, and we put in our request for a safe, happy and healthy holiday season for us all.