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Christmas on the Green

Pine Haven’s 14th annual “Christmas on the Green” celebration, sponsored by the Pine Haven Beautification Alliance was held at “R” Place last week.

Only about 35 guests attended, said Alliance president Aileen Byrne, which is down from previous years. “The last couple of years, we haven’t had that many people and I don’t know if it’s because people go someplace else or they have other plans,” she says.

Though this year’s event brought no participants into the competition of lights, many joined in decorating the scenes hung on the golf course fence and in making approximately $1100 in donations. This year saw seven sponsors who gave $100 donations for the alliance to buy new decorations to be hung for the next Christmas season and other projects in which the organization is involved throughout the year.

Byrne hopes to see many more decorations on the fence in the future, “and more participation.” She said that while the businesses and individuals to whom the alliance sends letters of invitation for the annual event, most are willing to donate for decorations, they do not wish to compete in the contest for best decoration of lights.

She says that the competition will continue to be an option, but will not be at the forefront of the event as it has been in the past. Byrne expressed her appreciation for the donations and help with the lights that come from the community now.

This year’s newest additions include the Santa and Rudolf on the south end and the buck and does around the waterfall, bringing the lights much further along the fence.