Long Beach Lights Its 67-Foot Tree on December 7 at Terrace Theater Plaza
The City of Long Beach, in Los Angeles County, California, holds its 12th annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Monday, December 7, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Terrace Theater Plaza, 300 E. Ocean Blvd. The centerpiece is a 67-foot tree dressed with more than 500,000 lights, and Mayor Rex Richardson will join residents to switch it on.
Admission is free, but tickets are required: Visit Long Beach began releasing them in weekly batches starting November 9, and residents who want to attend need to claim a ticket when a batch drops. The ticketing system is the organizer's way of managing the plaza crowd.
The Terrace Theater is the main hall of the Long Beach Performing Arts Center on the downtown waterfront, and its plaza on Ocean Boulevard is the city's natural gathering point for the season. Additional holiday programming around the plaza on lighting night will follow the organizer's announcements that week.
Scheduled for the first Monday evening of December, the Long Beach lighting is deliberately set apart from the weekend parades in neighboring cities — a downtown holiday event residents can attend on a weeknight.
(Source: Visit Long Beach)
Source: Visit Long Beach
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Photo: 图片来源：Wikimedia Commons「LBPAC Terrace Theater」（Dyna4980 摄，公共领域），图中为 Long Beach Terrace Theater，亮灯仪式在其门前广场举行 Image: Wikimedia Commons "LBPAC Terrace Theater" (Dyna4980, public domain); the Terrace Theater in Long Beach, whose plaza hosts the tree lighting
