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FARMINGTON — he Franklin Savings Bank Christmas Tree Lighting will have a new date and location this year.
The event will happen on “Chester Eve,” Friday, Dec. 6, at 219 Main Street, in the yard between the bank’s Loan Center and the yellow house next door.
Santa Claus will be there at 5 p.m. to hear the wishes of the youngsters while Mark Gentle performs Christmas carols beginning at 5:30 p.m. The tree lighting will be at 6 p.m.
The 33-foot cut tree from Gooley’s Conifers Unlimited tree farm was installed afternoon by Matthew Dustin, Michael Jordan and Marshall Cassidy of the Narrow Gauge property management crew and Nate Porter and Justin Brooks of Brooks tree care. About six feet of the trunk is below ground.
“We decided to give Itty Bitty, our fledgling Christmas tree on Front Street, the year off,” said Franklin Savings Bank Marketing Director Anna Lyon. “As much love and fertilizer as we showered on it, the tree has never thrived and I don’t believe it’s grown at all since we planted it in 2016. It’s certainly a lot thinner than it used to be. The tree remains on Front Street and maybe someday it will pull out of its funk, but, in the meantime, we will have the 2019 Christmas tree lighting on Main Street.”
TGhe event is also moved up to Friday evening before Chester Greenwood Day. “There are just so many things going on Saturday, people had a hard time making them all. We thought it might be more fun, and less competition, if we have it Friday evening,” she said.
There will be hot chocolate, popcorn and s’mores for everyone, courtesy of Franklin Savings Bank. There is no charge for any part of the event.
