The rain cleared for the evening, and the tree lighting and song from Reynolds’ Expressions Honor Choir (plus a visit from Santa, of course), made for a magical opening of the holiday at Troutdale’s First Frday.

Troutdale tree lighting festivities video!

[Apparently I am incompetent at video embedding, so I’m shipping you off to the West Columbia Gorge Facebook page, where they know what they’re doing, to watch.  Take a minute,  it’ll make you smile.  Promise.]