Mark your calendar for Wednesday Dec. 3, as Christmas begins in Downtown Gridley! Courtesy photo

GRIDLEY, CA (MPG) – The holidays are officially here, and Gridley’s Annual Tree Lighting is less than a week away!

The community Christmas Tree will be lit on Dec. 3, at Daddow Park in the heart of Downtown Gridley at 5:30 p.m.

Live music will be featured at the gazebo by WSB Band, with a plethora of vendors and food trucks.

Cathy Mills of the Gridley Area Chamber of Commerce said that they have full court of food trucks registered to be in attendance, along with a large amount of craft and gift vendors for guests to browse before the Parade of Lights begins.

At 6:30 p.m., the streets will be cleared. What follows will truly light up faces and the streets, as the annual Parade of Lights makes its way downtown.

Each year, the Winter Wonderland Festival and Parade of Lights grows, both in attendance and participation in the parade. This year is sure to be full of new sights and stunning displays of regular participants in the parade.

Elves and even the big guy in red are often found mingling in the crowd!

Mark your calendar for Wednesday Dec. 3, as Christmas begins in Downtown Gridley!