Making Spirits Bright
USG and CAB host a successful Christmas tree lighting in person and virtually
November 21, 2020
With Thanksgiving less than a week away and the semester nearing the transition to online learning, students gathered on the plaza a little early this year for the Christmas Tree Lighting. The festive Lincoln Center tradition is organized annually by the United Student Government (USG) and Campus Activities Board (CAB). Fifty in-person attendees got to make snowflakes and treat themselves to cocoa and cookies, and the tree-lighting ceremony was also livestreamed on the USG Instagram account for virtual viewers.
Hot chocolate and cookies were served at the tree lighting.
The event began at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 20, on the outdoor plaza.
Paper snowflake-making kits were available after the ceremony.
Members of USG and CAB also posed with Ramses. The two clubs collaborated to host the event and promoted it on social media in the days prior.
Afterward, Ramses posed for photos with students.
Shortly after, attendees counted down from 10 and the tree was illuminated to a round of applause.
At 6:30 p.m., USG Chair of Student Affairs Resham Sansi, Gabelli School of Business ’21, made opening remarks, and USG Vice President Robert Sundstrom, Fordham College at Lincoln Center ’22, led a prayer.
Ramses made his traditional appearance at the festivities, suited up as Santa for the holiday season.
The hula hoops doubled as pre-show entertainment.
Masks were required, and hula hoops were used to designate social distanced viewing spots on the plaza.
Esmé Bleecker-Adams, FCLC ’21, is a visual arts major and (oh-so-jaded) New Yorker who is incredibly grateful for her time at The Observer and for all the lovely people she has met there! Favorite hobbies include sewing, playing table tennis and ignoring her alarm clock.
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