Christmas Comes Early

Merrick Park had their annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony last night. I was definitely the only one without a child in hand! But thankfully I convinced my little sister to come with and we had a good time getting in the holiday spirit.

I tried so hard to get some good shots but there were too many people and my tripod isn't tall enough. I'm definitely going to go back on an off night to try again, but in the meantime here's one of the photos I took of the tree and then added a couple funky effects in post.

I like this next shot a lot. There was a high school choir singing Christmas carols and they were actually pretty good.