Barrington Tree Lighting is Dec. 5 … online

Santa will hand out stockings full of goodies

Posted 11/18/20

The annual tree lighting ceremony in Barrington will go virtual this year.

The event will be a combination of videotaped footage and live-streamed content. The ceremony will be shared on …

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Barrington Tree Lighting is Dec. 5 … online

Santa will hand out stockings full of goodies

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The annual tree lighting ceremony in Barrington will go virtual this year.

The event will be a combination of videotaped footage and live-streamed content. The ceremony will be shared on Saturday, Dec. 5 between 4 and 5 p.m.

Stocking pickup

Each registered child will receive a stocking filled with goodies, and have an opportunity to say hello to Santa and deliver a letter, if they wish to do so. Santa will hand out the stockings between 1 and 3 p.m. on Dec. 5.

Children between the ages of 2 and 13 can register for the event — the town opened registration on Nov. 12. Just visit www.barringtonlearningctr.org or click on the Holiday slider on the town’s homepage at www.barrington.ri.gov.

(Children must be registered to receive a stocking — Santa has 165 stockings to hand out.)

Holiday memory contest

As part of the new virtual tree lighting ceremony, the town is hosting a contest for children to share their favorite holiday memory. Children can write their story — they can be up to one page long — and three stories will be chosen as winners with their stories read on videotape. The footage will be streamed at the tree lighting.  The winners will also each receive a Barrington Books gift card.

Parents can send their child’s story to recreation@barrington.ri.gov

Schedule of events

The virtual tree lighting will include the following schedule:

• Santa’s arrival at Town Hall by fire truck (live/streamed)

• Stories of special holiday/winter memories by three Barrington children (videotaped/streamed)

• Music by Arts Alive, the Barrington Middle School a cappella, and the Barrington High School chorus (videotaped/streamed)

• Holiday welcome by Barrington Town Council President Michael Carroll (live/streamed)

• Tree lighting (live/streamed)

• Final holiday song by Barrington High School chorus (videotaped/streamed)

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