Editor’s Note: The following was written and submitted by the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores.
The community is cordially invited to celebrate the start of the holiday Season as the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores presents the 16th annual Christmas tree lighting and holiday extravaganza.
The festivities will commence on Friday, Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. The evening promises to be filled with old fashioned spirit and charm. There will be horse and carriage rides up and down Bedford Avenue. An old time trolley will also travel the neighboring streets to see the beautifully decorated homes.
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The tree lighting will take place at 7 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial located at the intersection of Bedford Avenue and Broadway.
The warmth and joy of the season will be in abundance with an old fashioned atmosphere. Hot chocolate, hot apple cider, hot pretzels and other goodies will be available. There will be plenty of Christmas Carols provided by our local schools and organizations. Santa will be about and will welcome the little ones with their wishes for Christmas morning.
The Chamber invites friends and neighbors of all faiths to join in this delightful celebration. For additional information, please call our Chamber office at 516-679-1875.
Tree Lighting and Holiday Extravaganza Takes Place Friday
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Joe Targove June 16, 2013 at 08:14 am
I'm willing to donate my party place in east Meadow and my dj services for free to help the kids. ..…Read More dreamcatcher516@gmail.com joe
Mickey June 10, 2013 at 08:25 am
Natalie. I am so sorry to read this. I too have a little 5 yr. old dog who I love desperately...…Read More and I feel your pain. There is another website for an organization that does an amazing job finding lost pets. It's LOSTMYDOGGIE.COM There is a small fee, but they get signs up all over the area and have a phone system set up where everyone in the area of where she was lost gets a PHONE CALL ALERT message to watch for Molly. They leave a phone number and their website address so if anyone has seen her or has her they know where to call. Great system! Check it out! I've never used them, but I HAVE received calls myself recently on 2 separate lost dogs and I've seen the many photos they hung up in my area in Levittown for dogs lost within a few miles of this area. In other words, they DO what they say they will do to help find Molly. Just want you to know what is out there to help you bring Molly home. My grandkids go to school around Grand and Camp Ave. We'll be watching for her! God Bless and good luck! I'm sure she will be returned to you real soon!!
Natalie Molloy June 10, 2013 at 10:14 am
Molly is actually not my dog , however I understandthe feeling of losing a dog and thought it would…Read More be a good idea to post on the Patch.
"YOU'RE sooo tired"...I'm sorry, but whose narcissistic???...Sounds like that kind of thinking has some major insecurity issues...Just where did your 'education' take place - San Francisco???...That's where that kind of drivel emanates...The terms 'Christmas' tree has been around for centuries...Did you really take time out of your life to research the term Christmas tree???...What was the purpose of your investigation???...To prove to yourself that tradition that's incongruent with your own should be stiffled???...And what's so wrong for a religion and it's flock to embrace a symbol of celebration???...Why denigrade it???...Leave it alone...Let happy people be happy...And why do so many unhappy people have to bring down others to quell their own insecurities anyway???...All the 'different people' - as you say - in Bellmore are entitled to their own symbols and traditions...But people aren't 'different' ...Only 'thought' is different...Jealousy of majority thought is no way to go thru life...Create your own bush, tree, man-in-a-red-suit - whatever...And after you do, petition the Chamber of Commerce for it's inclusion in the spirit of the holidays...Maybe, just maybe, your symbol will stand the test of time and will eventually be thought of as a TRADITION too...I will have NO ill will toward you OR your symbol...Frankly, I couldn't care less...I don't begrudge anyone's traditions...And I'm sure the 'majority' will feel the same as I do...And I think that's the genesis of what makes you 'so tired', isn't it???...Some people just want to be relevant...But being jealous & anti-establisment just exposes a desperate need to be included and a need to overcome a depressed existence..."In God We Trust"....Does that bother you too???...God Bless Everyone - white, black, red, purple, Jew, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, etc...But may HE especially bless those with such troubled souls as those who feel the need to investigate the origin of the CHRISTMAS tree!!!....
By the way, Eileen M. seems to be the voice of reason. M. Murphy appears to get agitated easily. Maybe he/she will calm down if we all ignore.
Again, I'm sorry for offending you in any way. I'm not going to say it wasn't my intention because it probably was originally. But I was wrong. And I didn't mean to drag you into this Eileen. Merry Christmas M.
But would you call the Menorah Candles just "Candles". I bet you not. Every place I have ever gone to (including the city: "Rockerfeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting"). It was not call a tree. Or at other ceromonies" "Christmas Tree and Menorah Lighting". Other than that it really don't bother me. Because I take it from where it comes from. Selfish and disrespectful people.