Quaint Tree Lighting Ceremony

Friends,

Come with me to a place that time forgot, before the propane blew up. Come to my little burg where townfolk gather in the square…

Hey look, isn't that...
…to await the arrival of Santa and his missus on the back of a fire truck (shouldn’t that fire truck been waiting over by the splodey fields? – ed That was later. Check your history.).

Who's minding the store?
But what we were all waiting for, of course was the lighting of the 80-foot Christmas Tree in the center of town accompanied by clapping and cheers!

Tree lit!
Then the power went out.

Tree not lit.
Not kidding.

Your pal,

bob