Santa always makes Moultrie his number one place to be on Thanksgiving night .
Reindeer , sleigh and all !
The Strolling Piano is another popular attraction during the Lights ! Lights ! event , performing Christmas songs throughout the night around the square .
A writer reported about the lights in a December 1933 edition of The Moultrie Observer :
“ Here is something with possibilities of growth and development . The decorations of this year can be stored and put up again next year at small cost . And then a little of the new and novel added year by year will eventually make it possible for the community to break out in a blaze of glory almost over night . Nothing will do more to bring the Christmas feeling and nothing will be more impressive to those who come here to visit or to shop through the holidays .”
It seems to have been a very prophetic observation and it makes you wonder what the reporter would have thought about our Canopy of Lights today and the spectacular event that happens every Thanksgiving night in downtown Moultrie . I hope to see you on the square because you better believe that is where I will be on Thanksgiving night . It is truly a magical experience that makes you feel like a kid again ... and really ... how often do we get to do that ?
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