Here's what's happening in Anacortes this week...

Town Tree Lighting - this Friday, December 5th, downtown. Enjoy an old fashioned tree lighting complete with carolers from the high school, hot cocoa and Santa, who sometimes shows up in a limo and sometimes on a fire truck! Starts at 6pm.

Afterward - hang out downtown and go on the Art Walk - the holiday art walk is always the best one of the year - everyone is open late and there are plenty of holiday goodies around!

Breakfast with Santa is the next morning at Fidalgo Center from 8 to 11:30, followed by the annual Lions Club Christmas Parade downtown on Commercial at 11:00. Parades are awesome in general, and this one does not dissapoint in the small town charm department! There is a good possibility that the majority of our population has been in the Christmas Parade at one time or another as a scout, preschooler, volunteer, car driver, or band member. So grab your latte and a goodie from the Calico Cupboard (and maybe your umbrella) and get your spot on the sidewalk.

Later that night is the Island Hospital Foundation Celebration of Trees auction event at the Port Dock. Tickets include dinner and lots of holiday festivities - and you get to look at and hopefully bid on, some amazingly beautiful trees and wreaths. Don't miss it!

For more details on all of these events, go to www.LawsCraig.com and in the links section, click on Anacortes Chamber of Commerce.