Lights! Lights! welcomes Christmas season
Published 4:53 pm Friday, November 29, 2024
Street performers on stilts walk through the crowd Thursday night at Moultrie's "Lights! Lights! on Thanksgiving Night." (Connie Southwell/The Moultrie Observer)
Moultrie Mayor Bill McIntosh leads the crowd in a countdown as Santa Claus, not shown, prepares to turn on the Christmas lights. (Connie Southwell/The Moultrie Observer)
The Canopy of Lights radiating from the Colquitt County Courthouse has been part of the city's Christmas experience since 1933, according to some reports, but it has grown massive over the last two decades. (Connie Southwell/The Moultrie Observer)
MOULTRIE — Moultrie and Colquitt County celebrated the start of the holiday season with the annual “Lights! Lights! on Thanksgiving Night” Thursday evening.
The event featured street performers, food vendors and live music before Santa Claus arrived to turn on the Canopy of Lights.
City officials predicted 25,000 people would attend, and the crowd on Thursday evening did not disappoint.
