To kick off the first weekend of Spirit of the Season the Mayor and Council's Tree Lighting lit up Market Square on Friday with about 300 people in the crowd.
Spirit of the Season is a community celebration of the holiday season featuring festivities like the Santa Parade, Santa Run, Christmas marketplaces, a business storefront decorating competition and more. The organizing committee is made up of people from the Downtown Guelph Business Association, its board members and staff from the City of Guelph.
This year the committee chose the charity Keep Kids Fed At Home from the Children's Foundation of Guelph and Wellington to benefit from donations. It received a $25,000 cheque at the tree lighting event.
For a full schedule of events go to the Spirit of the Season website.
