The annual Sparkle Sandy Springs holiday event kicked off Dec. 8 with a new addition, a parade down Mount Vernon Highway.
The holiday tree at City Green shortly after it was lit on Dec. 8.
The parade led to the City Green park, where the city is hosting its traditional display of 6-foot-tall wooden houses painted in holiday themes and adorned with lights. The event also included the lighting of a tree and menorah.
The houses remain on display through the New Year’s holiday at City Green, part of the City Springs complex at 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs.
Photos by John Awtrey.
A dancer from the Roswell Dance Theatre waves to the crowd from a float for “The Nutcracker.”
A parade participant carries a puppet of a flying pig, a reference to local lore claiming that a state legislator once said Sandy Springs would become its own city “when pigs fly.”
Fox Lewis, left and father Chip wave at floats as they pass by on Mount Vernon Highway in the first Sparkle Sandy Springs holiday parade.
Santa Claus snaps his fingers to light the tree.
The first candle on a menorah was lit at Sparkle Sandy Springs.
Lily Crooms plays inside one of the houses at Sparkle Sandy Springs.
From left, brother and sister River and Lola Medders look at one of the houses on display at City Green for Sparkle Sandy Springs.
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