Christmas Tree Lighting at Pasadena City Hall

Sophia Chou, 5, center, and other students from Hamilton Elementary School perform during a Christmas tree lighting which took place at Pasadena City Hall. (Cheryl A. Guerrero/Staff Photographer / December 6, 2012)

Angelic voices and a fat man from the far north mixed at Pasadena City Hall Thursday evening, as the city celebrated the lighting of its official holiday tree.

Santa accepted gift wishes from the naughty and the nice, Mayor Bill Bogaard lit the city tree and performers from Blair High School and Hamilton Elementary School offered songs of the season.

-- Bill Kisliuk, Times Community News

Twitter: @bkisliuk