Christmas tree lit at Greenfield Lake Park

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY)– Holiday cheer is in the air, and in the park!

The City of Wilmington hosted a Christmas tree lighting at Greenfield Lake Park earlier this evening.

Kids and families were on hand to countdown to the tree lighting and celebrate the holiday season. Santa Claus also came by, all the way from the North Pole to ask children what they wanted for Christmas and snap a few photos.

That wasn’t all, ballet dancers from a local dance studio performed for the crowd, and for some of those dancers it was their first time attending a Christmas tree lighting. Rebecca Powell told us what her favorite parts of the night were, “I like watching Christmas tree basically, I’ve never actually been to a Christmas tree lighting, and I really enjoy dancing.”