The 34-foot tree aglow with nearly 20,000 lights will adorn downtown Port Angeles through out the holiday season. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

The 34-foot tree aglow with nearly 20,000 lights will adorn downtown Port Angeles through out the holiday season. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Tree lighting in downtown Port Angeles

A crowd of several hundred gathers for the lighting of the Community Christmas tree by Conrad Dyer Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. There was a countdown by Santa and at exactly 5 p.m., the lights came on to the cheers of the multitude gathered there.

The 34-foot tree aglow with nearly 20,000 lights will adorn downtown Port Angeles through out the holiday season.

Santa and Mrs. Claus (Bob and Kathy Nicholls) and Sam Grello, executive director of the Port Angeles Waterfront District, countdown to the lighting of the 34-foot tree Saturday evening. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

Santa and Mrs. Claus (Bob and Kathy Nicholls) and Sam Grello, executive director of the Port Angeles Waterfront District, countdown to the lighting of the 34-foot tree Saturday evening. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

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