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A very happy Thanksgiving to all our readers this week. Here’s hoping you’ll have some time with family to reflect on what you’re thankful for this year.

The Community Thanksgiving Service that gathers together the congregations of Red Bank Baptist, St. James Lutheran, and Red Bank United Methodist Church is happening on the 27th at 6 pm. Red Bank Baptist is the host of the service this year, a wonderful tradition that reminds us of the original Union Church where all three congregations began over 100 years ago.

Sunday, December 1 at 6:30 will be the unofficial start of Christmas here in Red Bank. It’s the day of the annual Red Bank Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Red Bank Park on Nazareth Road. Hosted by the Church At White Knoll, tere will be hot chocolate, cookies, carol singing, and the White Knoll High School Chorus to sing a few special songs before lighting the big tree. Guests are invited to bring a small gift for a middle or high school student to be donated to local children through the Nancy K. Perry Children’s Shelter and the Lexington County DSS Foster Care System.

Perhaps the biggest

musical Christmas event of the season is coming up December 8—the Christmas at Red Bank concert at Red Bank United Methodist Church. I’ll have much more information on this in next week’s column The concert is a great way to kick off the season with local musicians playing Christmas music and raising money for Mission Lexington.

If you’re looking for Christmas light displays, be sure and check out the “El Shaddai Lights on Weaver Drive” display, one of the largest in our area. Their full show features thousands of lights, trees, and a candy cane drive. It starts November 28 and runs nightly from 6 pm until 11 pm through January 4.

Happy Birthday to Bubba Reese, Trey Taylor, Gerry Scheppmann, Christine Tindall, Joe Hart, Roy Bedenbaugh, Brian Gunter, Marie Lambert, Joye Jones, Lisa Busbee, Cody Kyzer, Riley Sherman, Diane Huffines, Marian Yarrington, and Collin Ash.