Season’s Greeetings
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Happy holidays and season’s greetings from SoCoNews. After over a year of social distancing and working from home, community members in north and west Sonoma County got to spend time together this holiday season. We saw our neighbors, community businesses and organizations at tree and menorah
Photo Camille Escovedo
A JOLLY TIME — Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce Director Linda Collins, dressed as Santa, addresses the jubilant crowd during the city’s tree lighting and holiday festivities on Dec. 2.
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lightings, Santa-sightings, posada navideña events and more. Local organizations saw fervent responses to donation drives asking for clothing, food and other goods. As the year winds down, we hope you enjoy spending time with loved ones. — SoCoNews
Photo Zoë Strickland — A ballerina and nutcracker from Encore
Dance Theatre in Cloverdale walked around during Cloverdale’s Winter Festival and Tree Lighting on Dec. 3.
Photo Elsa Cavazos
EIGHT NIGHTS — The Joseph Weingarten Chabad Jewish Center hosted its annual Healdsburg menorah lighting in front of
Oakville Grocery on Nov. 29. Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky lit the menorah surrounded by candle-holding community members.
Photo Katherine Minkiewicz-Martine
MERRY HEALDSBURG — Healdsburg residents and families gathered at the
Plaza on Dec. 3, for Healdsburg’s first signature holiday event, Merry Healdsburg Weekend.
Photo Zoë Strickland
DANCING — Ballet Folklórico performed as part of the Posada Navideña during the Cloverdale Winter Festival and Tree Lighting on Dec. 3. The posada was hosted by local nonprofit Nuestra Comunidad.
Photo Katherine Minkiewicz-Martine
A GROVE OF CHARLIE BROWN TREES — The brisk weather didn’t stop families and couples from wandering the Windsor Town Green throughout December to view the many decorated “Charlie Brown” trees.
Photo Laura Tew
IN WEST COUNTY — The ceremonial Guerneville Tree Lighting took place on Dec. 3 during the town’s Nights of Lights.
Folks enjoyed hot chocolate and activities like coloring, decorating ornaments, shopping and more at the event organized by Friends of Stumptown, River Arts and Media and the Russian River Chamber of Commerce.
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