A small group gathered at Mendota Plaza Thursday night for the ceremony.
While caroler Lindsay Mattson crooned, visitors drank up hot chocolate provided by and registered for prize drawings.
Mayor Sandra Krebsbach had the honors of counting down to the lighting of the tree.
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