ORLANDO, Fla. — The vacation season is upon us and the town of Maitland has kicked it off with its annual Season of Mild celebration.
It is an occasion that brings the group along with meals, music and the lighting of its Christmas tree.
Celebrating the lighting of the Christmas tree at Lake Lilly Park is an annual custom for the town of Maitland and has a particular place within the coronary heart of Walter Thompson.
“It was simply as magical as I remembered it,” stated Walter. “I believe it’s been wonderful. I did the tree lighting final 12 months, and that was superior, and I believe that is total an important place to be.”
However it doesn’t simply cease with Walter.
His brother, Jack, carried out together with his Maitland Center College band on the occasion, and gave households an opportunity to take a step again and benefit from the festivities.
“I believe it’s nice to return out and assist the children, and it’s very nice for the town to place this collectively yearly, and we actually admire it,” Dan Thompson, Walter’s father, stated.
The occasion included greater than a dozen distributors providing meals, merchandise, snow sledding for households to take pleasure in, and even had an look from jolly ‘ol Saint Nick.
It supplied one thing for everybody locally to do, which is precisely what Mayor John Lowndes says it was supposed to do.
“It’s essential I believe for everybody to form of take a little bit second to replicate on who’s round them and their household and associates, and are available and make new associates,” Lowndes stated.
These phrases proved true for Victor Banks, who got here to the season of sunshine for a particular motive.
“I’m on thirty days depart (within the army). My household lives right here, and that is form of like our little break earlier than I’m again completely. So, I needed to come again for Christmas,” Banks stated.
Banks has to return to Paraguay after his depart his up, so he needs to create as many reminiscences as potential whereas he can in a spot his household calls house.
“It’s been fantastic. I miss them so much, so I don’t know. I simply need to do something we will do, and all the things we will. We’re going to do it,” Banks stated.
