Now that Santa has made his presence known, it’s time to light the trees throughout the Capital Region. Saturday night it was Watervliet’s turn.

They've been doing it for two decades now, and organizers say this was the biggest turnout in years. An opportunity for folks to see a city at its best, and this year, an individual doing even more to prove that.

Mayor Charles Patricelli: “Even this year here alone, we had somebody volunteer to buy 120 turkeys and just hand them out and he was somebody who, it was what he wanted to do, and I think that just shows the community and the camaraderie here.”

The city of Albany will light their tree on Sunday the 4th ...Saratoga Springs on Thursday the 1st.