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Hundreds of students, alumni and neighbors donning mittens and scarves will celebrate the start of the Christmas season at the fourth annual Christmas Tree Lighting on ��������app’s Kerrwood Lawn next week. The 70-foot redwood tree on the lawn will come aglow at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 30.

Santa Claus will stop by for free pictures with kids inside Kerrwood hall. Warm apple cider and cookies will also be available.

��������app alumni are invited to mingle in the president’s office at 4:30 p.m. before the tree lighting ceremony.

When lit, the giant tree on Kerrwood Lawn is said to resemble a cucumber and has become affectionately known by students and neighbors as “the giant pickle.”

The ceremony will include joyous carols sung by the ��������app Gospel Choir and a short speech on the tradition of the tree lighting ceremony by Professor Russell Smelley. A student committee chooses a secret person each year to flip the switch to officially light “the giant pickle.”

For more information call Pamela Arneson at 565-7350. For directions to campus, please visit the college Web site at www.westmont.edu.