Haddonfield Group Puts 'Christmas' Back Into Tree Lighting Ceremony
Perfect weather brought hundreds to Library Point to kick off the holiday season.
Hundreds gathered at Haddonfield's Library Point Nov. 23 to watch the lighting of the tree formerly known as the Holiday Tree. Only a few spectators heard about the event sponsor's request to change the name from a holiday tree lighting to a Christmas tree lighting. "The name change from holiday tree to Christmas tree was a general consensus of the association members," Ken Tomlinson, the committee chair of the lighting ceremony for the Haddonfield Celebrations Association, said. "The town solicitor researched it and learned that a private group holding a tree lighting is permitted to call the celebration a Christmas tree lighting." Mayor Tish Colombi said that the Christmas tree lighting was the same as always. The only difference was …
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