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Updated: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:28 p.m.

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Christmas tree lights up the Green

Contributing Reporter
Published Friday, December 5, 2008

Two-year-old Alexandrea Overkamp was supposed to wait 10 seconds before pressing the button to light the New Haven Christmas tree. She lasted seven.

“I like pressing buttons,” she said simply.

The annual New Haven Tree Lighting Celebration, presented by the City of New Haven Office of Cultural Affairs and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Trees, drew an estimated 3,000 people to the New Haven Green last night. Through the tree itself, decorated with 20,000 energy-efficient LED lights, may have been the main draw, a slew of family-friendly activities and entertainment...

#1 By (Anonymous) 11:22p.m. on December 6, 2008

Lol. "I like pressing buttons." Nice article though.

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