It was a cold and blustery day... and no, that isn't Winnie the Pooh in the crane basket.

Maybe I should just say it was cold and breezy the weekend of Dec 7-8 as the decorating volunteers showed up to trim the 2 large trees in front of church with lights.

Give me a lift!

Now, just a little to the right.

Sky View Crane from Labadie supplied the lifting power, and Reinhold Electric installed the circuits, wires, etc to support the power needs.  These guys spent 2 days here!

All services donated.  Thanks a heap guys!

Support crew.

Folks on the ground were prepping the lights to be hung, while others were climbing the trees running electric wires to plug in the lights.

All in all, 60 strands of lights were put in each tree for a total of about 18,000 lights.

Nice picture.

Not much more of a reason to include this here, other  than it kinda looks nice.

Actually, it gives you a small idea of what the crane operator was looking at for 2 days.  Not a bad view.

Tree Lighting.

After a musical program given by the 6, 7 & 8th grades in the church, everyone processed outside, singing Christmas Carols waiting for the trees to be lit.

This picture came out a bit dark.  Maybe because it was dark outside and the only light that was lit was the street lamp in the center.

Voila.

The switch was thrown, and the trees lit the area pretty well.  For this picture, no flash was used and the church and people are very visible in the picture.

As Father Jeff noted, "If you stand under the trees too long, you could get sunburned!"

Time to be sociable

Folks gathered to visit with each other under the trees.  As large as the trees are, it was kind of hard NOT to be under them.

Time to warmup.

Cookies and hot beverages were served.

More time to socialize

This event was meant to bring folks together for a pleasant evening and a preparation for Christmas.

It fulfilled that intention!