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rozoneill: Setting up, about an hour before the tree lighting
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rozoneill: Street lights cast a week shine into nearby tree branches
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rozoneill: Street light, singular version
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rozoneill: Someone's burning the midnight oil on a Sunday night
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rozoneill: Office window in an otherwise dark and foreboding building
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rozoneill: Gigantic brace on the gigantic courthouse elm tree
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rozoneill: Spidery branches reach for the light
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rozoneill: Caught by the searchlight
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rozoneill: The Roseburg Fire Department was a material participant
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rozoneill: Let 'em know your name
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rozoneill: Waiting for the call to action
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rozoneill: Stairway to the stars
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rozoneill: The church across the street illuminated its stained glass window
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rozoneill: A live nativity entertained the crowd waiting for hot chocolate
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rozoneill: 'Tis the season
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rozoneill: Open for business
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rozoneill: The crowd begins to gather
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rozoneill: Uh-oh, I've been spotted
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rozoneill: The Geneva Academy Choir serenaded us with Christmas Carols
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rozoneill: The courthouse looks rather stern, even with the decorations
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rozoneill: The Geneva Academy Choir
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rozoneill: Light, shadow, and Christmas carols
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rozoneill: Singing Christmas carols on a freezing night
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rozoneill: Most of the choir labored in utter darkness
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rozoneill: Ran into my good friends Mike and Missy
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rozoneill: Now the speeches begin
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rozoneill: The children gather on the courthouse steps because Santa is coming
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rozoneill: Where's Santa?
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rozoneill: Police sirens announce the arrival of Santa Claus
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rozoneill: Yay, Santa's here!