Light up Time

Man, I just dropped the kids off for Sag Harbor's annual light up time this afternoon. Reminds me of years past. In the 60's, light up time was held on a Friday night in early December at 7PM. The cops put up a snow fence from Bohack's, now the pizza place, up to Christy's Liquor store. The crowd would line the sidewalk in this location. Santa would arrive, have a countdown and put on the lights and give out candy. This all took place in front of the Gingerbread House. Sag Harbor Electronics would provide the public address sound. The lights were all multi colored as they are now, not snob white as they were for several years here. Yea, the Christmas tree was lit on the little barge in Otter Pond as it is now. People in control of the village now, remember this as kids and it's good to see it's returned. I also remember the Lyon's Club, for years, had a large lighted box in the park as you came into the village depicting a boy pulling a Christmas tree on a sled. Nice to see if that scene could be reproduced. For several years, the village had lit Christmas trees in the center of Main Street in the business district with lights strung across the road. As they do now, the Lyon's Club sold Christmas trees. I remember the cost of being about $2.50 a tree.Santa I.F.O. the Gingerbread House with boxes of candy