A beloved holiday tradition reclaimed its special place in the annual festival cycle of the Mountain Communities on Saturday, Dec. 5. It was a unanimous verdict from the public: the Holiday Faire and Festival of Lights Parade could not have gone better. There was a steady stream of visitors to the vendors booths during the daytime, and then the Festival of Lights Parade lived up to its name. The crowds lined the streets and the lights did not disappoint. It was the best parade of the last 10 years.

See the photos at right.

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At 2 p.m Adams Ranch Olives was smiling and Ellen Langsfeld was painting faces.

At 2 p.m. Santa was greeting children at In the Wings Studio of Dance and a steady flow of customers was visiting vendors’ booths.

Frazier Mountain Community Church

Future Farmers of America

ETUSD perfect attendance students

Nativity from FMCC

Falcon Homecoming Royalty

Chatterpillar

Frazier Park Car Club

Oh yes, and that off-road ATV Santa guy…

Wade Jones, Valerie Fletcher, Cat Whitelock, J.J. Garcia of Mountain Memories Association

The faces of some of those who worked together to create this new Holiday Faire

Rachel Unell of the Mountain Communities Chamber of Commerce

Richard Chapleau of Neenach

Kevin Lundin, Frazier Park Car Club

Militsa Brennan, Chamber of Commerce

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This is part of the December 11, 2015 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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