WT holds its annual Festival of Lights
The holiday season kicked off at West Texas A&M University (WT) on Thursday night in Canyon with its annual Festival of Lights.
A staple of WT tradition, the Festival of Lights began in 1990 and, with the exception of 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns, has been a yearly Christmas event for the university.
Featured at the event was the official lighting of WT’s Christmas lights and a winter carnival with a music quintet and the WT Chamber Singers to get the Christmas spirit going with holiday songs and music. WT President Walter Wendler gave remarks at the ceremony before the campus was illuminated with nearly 80,000 lights shining bright.
The Festival of Lights also included a hot chocolate bar, outdoor games, a photo booth, cookie and ornament decorating, and holiday treats for those who attended.