The holiday

season is underway and as Christmas draws closer, there are more and more

seasonal activities taking place. This weekend will feature tree lightings,

holiday concerts, a chance to meet and greet Santa Claus and more.

Fayetteville's

ninth annual Christmas tree lighting on Friday, Nov. 30 will officially

mark the beginning of the Main Street holiday season.

The public

is invited to gather at Heritage Park, with festivities scheduled to kick

off at 6 p.m. The traditional lighting of the Southwest Christian Hospice

Tree of Light has special meaning. Each individual light represents a

$15 donation in memory or in honor of a special loved one. All donations

will benefit Southwest Christian Hospice.

The event will

kick off with performances by the choruses of Fayetteville Elementary

School, Fayetteville Middle School and Southwest Christian Church "Praise

Ensemble". There will be a brief "sing-a-long" which will

culminate with the grand entrance of Santa Clause on horse drawn carriage.

Mayor Ken Steele

will perform the duties of master of ceremonies with the dedication of

the Tree of Light performed by Mike Sorrow, Executive Director of Southwest

Christian Hospice.

A solo performance

of O Holy Night will be performed by Dr. Ed Richardson, Southwest

Christian Church. This year's honored guests performing the actual lighting

of the tree will be Firefighter/EMT Kerry Cochran and Police Major Harrold

Robbins.

Coffee, hot

chocolate and funnel cakes will be available to help warm you up during

the ceremony. The fun will continue even after the tree is lit with Santa

providing free carriage rides until 9 p.m. Photo packages will also be

available for puchase. For further information about the Tree of Light

and the ceremony, please call 770-461-6029.

The following

day children and their parents can have Breakfast with Santa. The Fayetteville

Depot will be decked out in style and big and little kids will enjoy a

Chick-Fil-a breakfast, orange juice, coffee and donuts. The Gingerbread

Mom will be delighting kids old and young alike with stories and interactive

fun. Make an ornament to take home, and purchase a Victorian style picture

taken with Santa. Tickets are only $5 for children and $7 for adults,

and are available at City Hall for 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. time slots. Call

770-461-6029 for information.

Santa is also

making a stop in Peachtree City. Santa will land in Braelinn Village Shopping

Center in his helicopter. His live reindeer will also be on hand. Kids

of all ages can tour the helicopter and drive the NASCAR simulator. The

first 300 children who visit Santa will receive a free photo. There will

be a D.J., a face painter and more.

The Peachtree

Wind Ensemple Community Band, a volunteer adult 45 piece orchestra based

in Fayette County, will perform a one hour patriotic and holiday musical

concert for the citizens and families of Fayette County at the Starr's

Mills High School Duke Auditoriam Saturday night Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. This

is an opportunity for our citizens to fill the auditorium, share their

patriotic feelings and ring in the holidays with good cheer.

Admission to

the show will be one non-perishable food item which will be distributed

at Christmas to those in need in Fayette County.

The concert

will be performed as a benefit for the widows, widowers, orphans and survivors

of the attacks on New York and Washington. Donations can be made at the

door. Checks should read, "Peachtree Wind Ensemble" with the

statement "The Widows(ers) and Orphans Fund" entered on the

memo line.

For those

who cannot attend but wish to make donations, please deliver your check

and/or non-perishable food to Julie Shock, customer service officer at

the Regions Bank branch on the corner of Peachtree Parkway and Crosstown

Blvd.

Another holiday

concert will be presented Saturday evening as Tara Winds presents the

14th annual Music of the Season at the Clayton County Schools Performing

Arts Center at 8 p.m. Admission is free. Phone 770-473-2875.

Coweta County

will also get into the Christmas spirit this weekend with a Christmas

parade, "Light Up Senoia" through downtown, beginning at 5:30

p.m. A Candlelight Tour of Homes, sponsored by Newnan Hospital Auxiliary,

runs from 4-9 p.m. Phone 770-254-8217 for ticket information. Also beginning

this weekend in Coweta is Newnan Community Theatre's presentation of "A

Christmas Carol." Phone 770-683-NCTC or visit https://newnantheatre.com

for performance times and ticket information.

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