Spirit of Christmas celebrated in Dayton

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Bluebonnet News
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Beautiful Christmas trees adorn the lawn at Dayton Community Center for Spirit of Christmas in 2019. (File photo)

Dayton residents gathered on Dec. 7 for the annual Spirit of Christmas celebration that began with a Nutcracker Market at the Dayton Community Center and wrapped up with a lighted parade through town.

More photos from the event are below:

Kids enjoy playing in some manmade snow at Spirit of Christmas on Dec. 7 in Dayton.
Children enjoy face-painting at Spirit of Christmas on Dec. 7 in Dayton.
Dayton Mayor Caroline Wadzeck and Dayton Police Officer David Meyers are pictured in front of the Dayton Historical Society’s booth at Spirit of Christmas on Dec. 7.
Shane Burleigh and Harlie Bush represented Dayton Police Department during Spirit of Christmas on Dec. 7 in Dayton.
Cecilia Melancon, wife of Dayton City Manager Theo Melancon, holds what is presumably balloon animals made to look like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer during Spirit of Christmas on Dec. 7.
The Grinch didn’t steal Christmas in Dayton but he did attend the Spirit of Christmas lighted parade on Dec. 7.
Alvin Burress and wife, Dana Shepherd, attended the Spirit of Christmas parade on Dec. 7 with family members.
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Entergy Texas brought along a bucket truck that was lit with hundreds of lights and towed a float for the Spirit of Christmas parade on Dec. 7 in Dayton.
Dayton Volunteer Fire Department’s high-profile vehicle carries a bright Christmas tree for the Spirit of Christmas parade on Dec. 7 in downtown Dayton.
Employees of McCoy’s Building Supply of Dayton used a delivery truck for a float in the Spirit of Christmas parade on Dec. 7 in Dayton.
The City of Dayton’s float for the Spirit of Christmas parade was illuminated by hundreds of lights.
Dayton City Council members gather at Spirit of Christmas on Dec. 7 at the Dayton Community Center. Pictured left to right are Dayton City Manager Theo Melancon, Councilwoman Sherial Lawson, Councilman Wendell Null, Mayor Caroline Wadzeck, Councilman Alvin Burress and Councilman Dr. John Johnson.
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Before creating Bluebonnet News in 2018, Vanesa Brashier was a community editor for the Houston Chronicle/Houston Community Newspapers. During part of her 12 years at the newspapers, she was assigned as the digital editor and managing editor for the Humble Observer, Kingwood Observer, East Montgomery County Observer and the Lake Houston Observer, and the editor of the Dayton News, Cleveland Advocate and Eastex Advocate. Over the years, she has earned more than two dozen writing awards, including Journalist of the Year.

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