- December 5, 2025
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Winter Garden Mayor John Rees, right, and city commissioners Bobby Olszewski and Colin Sharman began the candle-lighting ceremony from the stage.
Addison Petch, 7, gained some serious speed on the snow hill.
Connor Hinton, 5, is excited for Christmas.
Leyton and Faith Chan enjoyed meeting Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Mason Neal, 4, loved all the ornaments on Winter Garden’s downtown Christmas tree.
The Crossings Church’s Chrissy Flynn put the finishing touches on 9-year-old Luke Gallina’s Christmas tree hat.
It isn’t often that a Florida boy such as Sebastian Frisch, 12, gets to saucer-sled down a snow hill.
Jarian Felton led the worship band from First Baptist Church of Winter Garden.
Church musicians performed music throughout the evening.
Erik and Ella DeWester were all smiles at this year’s Light Up Winter Garden.
Raegan Goodwin, 3, had a blast at this year’s Light Up Winter Garden.
Attendees enjoyed checking out the downtown Christmas tree.
Pastors from several West Orange-area churches read Bible passages at Light Up Winter Garden.
Attendees passed the flame to one another.
Jonah Elhajj worked hard to keep his candle lit on a windy evening.
Winter Garden officially kicked off the Christmas season Dec. 4 with its 2015 Light Up Winter Garden event.
The event, organized by the city of Winter Garden and the West Orange Ministerial Association, featured live entertainment from local church choirs and bands, vendors, shopping and children’s activities.
Winter Garden Mayor John Rees and city commissioners began the candle-lighting ceremony at 6:15 p.m. Then, after the tree was lit, children of all ages were able to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus to get their all-important lists submitted.
