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Show Holiday Season Is Opened Here Saturday Evening The Christmas Season was officially of-ficially opened in Cedar City Saturday Sat-urday night when City councilman council-man Gail Seegmiller switched on the Main Street Christmas lights at the close of the program sponsored spon-sored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The street had been decorated by the Jaycees, as has been done each Christmas season for the past several years. Hundreds of people, many of them tiny tots out to see "Santa Claus" gathered on the street as a program of Christmas carols and stories was presented from the Thorley Motor company showroom, at the close of which the lights were turned on by the representative of the city administration. admin-istration. As soon as the lights came on "Santa Claus" made his appearance, appear-ance, to the delight of hundreds of children. . All stores remained open for the ceremonies and crowds flocked flock-ed through them to see the displays dis-plays of holiday merchandise. The lights will shine on Main street each evening until Christmas Christ-mas Eve, according to Chester Cripps, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. While merchandise in stores was on display, goods were not sold. Merchants had agreed that the festivities were for the purpose pur-pose of display and advertising. |