Hub Staff

Children from G.C. Huston Public School in Southampton were busy decorating the Christmas tree on High Street at lunch time Wednesday ready for Thursday night's Tree Lighting Ceremony, which will take place at 6:30pm. The tree lighting will accompany Southampton Sparkles where great deals can be found at Southampton stores and shoppers can get a head start on their Christmas shopping.

Sandi Bennett's Grade 1 class along with Sarah Matheson's Senior Kindergarten class, excited for the upcoming holiday season, could be found decorating the tree with hand made crafts.

The tree, located outside of the Southampton Art Centre's new entrance, also ties in nicely with the centre's open house tomorrow from 6 to 8 p.m.