Tree Lighting to Usher in Christmas Season
Hundreds of °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp students, faculty, staff and alumni will crowd onto Kerrwood Lawn for the 11th annual Christmas Tree Lighting, featuring the college’s famous 150-foot redwood tree, affectionately known as the Pickle Tree, on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Festivities outside Kerrwood Hall will include the °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp Gospel Choir singing Christmas carols and the annual Pickle Tree Address, beginning at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Inside Kerrwood Hall, there will be warm apple cider and cookies. Santa will pose for pictures with alumni beginning at 4 p.m. and at 5 p.m. for others who bring canned goods to donate to the Unity Shoppe, a local volunteer program that helps the less fortunate in Santa Barbara.
The °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp Student Association (WCSA) has selected Ken Kihlstrom, professor of physics, to deliver the often-humorous Pickle Address. The WCSA is also keeping secret who will throw the switch to light the tree
For more information, please call (805) 565-6056 or email alumni@westmont.edu.