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Kennesaw tree lighting tonight rescheduled due to long-awaited rain

Mike Huerta makes his way past the Christmas lights strung along the trees on Peachtree Street near 8th street early Thursday. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM
Mike Huerta makes his way past the Christmas lights strung along the trees on Peachtree Street near 8th street early Thursday. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM
By Ben Brasch
Nov 29, 2016

Kennesaw has postponed its annual Christmas tree lighting due to rain after a record 42 bone-dry days.

The event was slated to start at 6 p.m. Tuesday. It has been pushed back to Dec. 1 at 6 p.m., the city announced on its website.

Mayor Derek Easterling, choral music and light refreshments were set to fill the hourlong program.

Things to do in Cobb in December

This is one of the holly jolly happenings that made it onto a list of 11 holiday events in Cobb County.

Kennesaw will also host its annual yuletide parade that winds through the streets of downtown, A Day with Santa, on Dec. 3. Several roads will be closed because of that event.

If you still need a festive fix tonight, Smyrna is holding its "Coming Home for the Holidays" event.

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Ben Brasch is the reporter tasked with keeping Fulton County government accountable. The Florida native moved to Atlanta for a job with The AJC. If there's something important to you going on in Fulton, he wants to know about it. Help him better metro Atlanta by dropping a line, anonymously or otherwise.

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