A gaggle of Marine Park kids and seniors ushered in the holiday season with the annual lighting of the Christmas tree on Dec. 12.
This was the eighth annual tree lighting at the Carmine Carro community center on Fillmore Avenue at the corner of Marine Parkway.
“The kids love to come and sing, and the community and seniors love to come and watch,” said Tiffany Wong, director at Millenium Development, the community group that organizes the tree lightings. “And everyone loves the cookies.”
More than 100 students from public schools 193, 207, and 220 gathered to light up the arbor, sing holiday songs, and eat cookies.
Music teacher Jason Luft brought his guitar and sang songs including “Jingle Bells,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” and “White Christmas.”
“I really liked the last song we sang, ‘New Year’ because it was more exciting,” said fourth-grader Samantha Santiago. “It wasn’t about Christmas or Hanukkah or Kwanza. It was good for all the religions.”
This year, the tree lighting was held in honor of Carl Fuschetto, a 23-year-old Marine Park resident who died in a motorcycle accident three years ago.
