Rehoboth Beach welcomes holiday season with Nov. 24 community tree lighting event

The City of Rehoboth Beach will officially welcome the holiday season and host its annual tree lighting event Friday, November 24. The event officially begins with a sing-along at 6:30 pm with a troupe from 

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Clear Space Theatre, but holiday music will begin at 6, provided by the Cape Brass Ensemble. The community tree will be lit at 7 pm.

This year’s community tree was once again donated by Dean and Debbie Smith. The Rehoboth-area couple is the first donor to provide a holiday tree for the city in back-to-back years. This year’s tree originally was an approximately 40-foot “green giant” arborvitae; after the tree suddenly snapped November 15 while being lifted off the trailer that brought it to the bandstand, this year’s holiday tree now stands at about 25-feet tall.

Providing assistance to the city in removing, transporting, and installing the tree this year were elves-extraordinaire Harry Caswell Inc., George W. Plummer & Son Inc., and Delmarva Power.

The tree lighting event is free and open to the public.