Join the City of Sequim and the City Arts Advisory Commission for the first yearly Tree Lighting Reception at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St., from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4.

Sequim Mayor Candace Pratt will make a presentation at 4:45 p.m. and Sunshine Generation will perform at 5 p.m.

The holiday tree, in the lobby, will be decorated with ornaments created by local fourth-grade (or age equivalent) students. Students have been encouraged to submit ornaments based on the 2015 theme “Nature’s Creatures.”

This is intended to be an annual programming inviting students to create ornaments based on a theme for the tree.