Sequim Gazette staff
Sequim Mayor Candace Pratt welcomed a cheerful crowd at the first holiday tree lighting reception in the Civic Center on Dec. 4.
The tree reflected this year’s theme of “Nature’s Creatures” with ornaments made by 101 local fourth-grade students.
In sequential years city officials will continue to invite Sequim students to make the ornaments based on an annual theme.
The inaugural tree lighting concluded with holiday classics, such as “Jingle Bells” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” performed by the Sunshine Generation.