Photos: Lighting the Night in Voorheesville

The Enterprise — Michael Koff
With his arms open wide, Reverend Dan McHale, associate pastor at Saint Matthew’s Church, delivers a prayer for the several hundred Voorheesville residents who gathered Sunday for the annual ceremony to light the Christmas tree in Hotaling Park.

The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Let there be light! Voorheesville Mayor Richard Straut, with his arms up, throws on the lights on the evergreen tree in Hotaling Park. Several hundred Voorheesville residents joined in the festivities.

The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Crisp air: A light snow falls as a boy sips hot chocolate while perching on his father’s shoulders for a good view of the tree-lighting Sunday evening at Hotaling Park.

The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Consulting sheet music, kids sing Christmas songs along with the Clayton A. Bouton High School Select Choir.

The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Chiming in: Children dressed in Christmas finery play holiday songs as part of the Voorheesville Elementary School Wind Chime Choir during Sunday evening’s tree-lighting event in Hotaling Park.