Cary, NC – This past Saturday, December 3, 2016, there were several holiday events all around Downtown Cary, culminating with the town’s official tree lighting at Town Hall.

Santa’s Workshop in the Cary Community Center

Six-year-old David Falodun waits for his grandmother to tie the string

Kevin Hu listens to instructions

The Muller Family. Eliza wasn’t happy to meet Santa with her father Dennis and brother Jonah

Cary Library’s gingerbread house, made by the Parrish family

Once In A Blue Moon’s gingerbread houses, made by the the Beck family and The Regehr family respectively

Ashworth Village’s gingerbread house, made by Susan Hickman, and Paul Ashworth

The Cary Gallery of Artist’s gingerbread house, made by Payton Whitmire and Sarah Jury

The Perfect Piece’s gingerbread house, made by Demarco Persson, and Rebecca Ennis

Cart Crosstown Tavern’s gingerbread house, made by Grier Ruebling, and Sheila Ryan

Everything Better’s Monogrammed’s gingerbread house, made by Kylie Stremming

Pharmacy Bottle and Beverage’s gingerbread house

Bond Brothers’ gingerbread house

Kitchen Bath and Galleries’ gingbread house and Katherine Moye and Bill Lemmon

The Victorian Carolers and Dan the horse

The Encore Singers performing

The Cary Elementary Choir performing, directed by Tom Teachout

Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht and Sheila Ogle, the official tree lighter, immediately after the tree lit up

The Cary Town Council with Sheila Ogle
Photos by Dave Gill.