Raphael Talisman/For The Gazette Caio Coppage, 5 of Poolesville holds a Christmas ornament soon after the tree lit up during the Poolesville holiday lighting ceremony in Whalen Commons on Friday evening.

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Raphael Talisman/For The Gazette Perrin Chalk, 9, of Boyds gets to be the first one to sit on Santa's lap during the Poolesville holiday lighting ceremony in Whalen Commons on Friday evening.
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Raphael Talisman/For The Gazette Grace Sheppard of Poolesville, a first-grade teacher at Poolsville Elementry School, reads Christmas stories on stage to children attending the Poolesville tree-lighting ceremony in Whalen Commons on Friday evening.

Raphael Talisman/For The Gazette Caio Coppage, 5 of Poolesville holds a Christmas ornament soon after the tree lit up during the Poolesville holiday lighting ceremony in Whalen Commons on Friday evening.

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Poolesville held its seventh annual Holiday Lighting Ceremony Friday evening on Whalen Commons. About a thousand people showed up, according to Cathy bupp, the town’s event planner. Poolesville high’s music department played in the Town Hall foyer, and there were art and food vendors on hand throughout the evening. In the “Old Town Hall,” about 50 children decorated gingerbread men. Town businesses were open late, and Calleva, a local famr and outdoor adventure camp , provided tractors and decorated wagons for “Polar Express” through Poolesville, she said.

And of course, “Santa was very busy,” she said.