St. Athanasius Church holds Christmas tree-lighting celebration
Though it wasn’t as big a program as in past years, St. Athanasius Church, 6115 Bay Parkway, held its annual Christmas tree-lighting on Dec. 12.
“Tonight we don’t have the big spectacular,” said Msgr. David Cassato during Mass before the lighting ceremony. “There’s no banjo coming out. There’s no Santa Claus. There’s no Disney characters. There’s none of that. But we have each other and we have that real Christmas spirit here with each other. Sing tonight with us.”
Joe Orlando of St. Athanasius sports helps to set up the lights each year. He acknowledged all the volunteers and thanked them for their work.