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<p>HANOVER TWP. &#8212; More than 100 people turned out for The Hanover Township Lions Club&#8217;s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Sunday evening.</p><p>&#8220;This is a feel-good event,&#8221; club president Bernard Mozloom said. &#8220;We hope we can keep it going and continue to grow it every year.&#8221;</p><p>Mozloom, 80, credits the 24 active club members who helped purchase the trees and make the event a success.</p><p>The 42 trees were sponsored by 64 local charities and businesses.</p><p>&#8220;The proceeds from the tree provide funds for a scholarship to kids along with helping out the community with the additional money,&#8221; club secretary John Sipper said. &#8220;We actually just replaced the row of trees that were here before. They didn&#8217;t get the proper care and were too tall for us to decorate.&#8221;</p><p>Mozloom and Sipper both thanked the work of Hanover Area high school students who are members of the Leo Club for their work in dressing up the trees.</p><p>&#8220;We had 72 members/students help decorate and string lights on the trees,&#8221; said Christa Langdon, Hanover Area High School Leo Club advisor. &#8220;It took us about two hours to decorate the trees and put up signs along the road. It also helps when you have four volunteers working on each tree.&#8221;</p><p>Langdon was proud of the community&#8217;s turnout for the tree lighting and too see her student&#8217;s hard work come to fruition.</p><p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t have a square like in Wilkes-Barre,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The mid-point here at the Crossroads is a good spot for all to see. It&#8217;s just important for me to see the kids do community service and see their work come to life at an event like this.&#8221;</p><p>Andy Xu, 17, volunteered stringing lights on the trees.</p><p>&#8220;When we did the lights it really got me in the holiday spirit,&#8221; said Xu, the Hanover Area senior. &#8220;The lights are pretty amazing because there are so many trees.&#8221;</p><p>He continued: &#8220;It&#8217;s nice to see everyone around this time of year. The kids were especially happy to see Santa Claus.&#8221;</p><p>Before the trees lit up West End Road at 5 p.m., youths sang Christmas carols, a DJ played Christmas music and Santa Claus arrived on a Hanover Township Fire Department truck. U.S. Marines also collected toys for the Toys 4 Tots drive they were running.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeff Vik, of Marine Wing Support Squadron 472 Detachment Alpha, Wyoming, second from right, throws the switch with others from the detachment and Santa along West End Road at the Hanover Township Lions Club tree lighting on Sunday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL120318HanoverTrees_4.jpg</photo0><caption0>U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeff Vik, of Marine Wing Support Squadron 472 Detachment Alpha, Wyoming, second from right, throws the switch with others from the detachment and Santa along West End Road at the Hanover Township Lions Club tree lighting on Sunday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL120318HanoverTrees_3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Six-year-old Emma Backley, of Plymouth, tells Santa her Christmas list before the Hanover Township Lions Club tree lighting on Sunday.	 </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL120318HanoverTrees_3.jpg</photo1><caption1>Six-year-old Emma Backley, of Plymouth, tells Santa her Christmas list before the Hanover Township Lions Club tree lighting on Sunday.	 </caption1><photoCredit1>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL120318HanoverTrees_1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Santa arrives by fire truck at the Hanover Township Lions Club tree lighting along West End Road on Sunday.	 </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL120318HanoverTrees_1.jpg</photo2><caption2>Santa arrives by fire truck at the Hanover Township Lions Club tree lighting along West End Road on Sunday.	 </caption2><photoCredit2>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL120318HanoverTrees_2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Members of the Hanover Area High School CHorus sing Christmas carols at the Hanover Township Lions Club tree lighting on West End Road on Sunday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL120318HanoverTrees_2.jpg</photo3><caption3>Members of the Hanover Area High School CHorus sing Christmas carols at the Hanover Township Lions Club tree lighting on West End Road on Sunday. </caption3><photoCredit3>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL120318HanoverTrees_5.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Miniature LEDs now illuminate the trees along West End Road in Hanover Township on Sunday.	 </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL120318HanoverTrees_5.jpg</photo4><caption4>Miniature LEDs now illuminate the trees along West End Road in Hanover Township on Sunday.	 </caption4><photoCredit4>Bill Tarutis | For Times Leader </photoCredit4></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Tree-lighting ceremony brings Santa, fun to streets</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Dan Stokes</p><p>dstokes@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Dan Stokes at 570-991-6389 or on Twitter @ByDanStokes</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Christmas comes to Hanover Twp.