Children of all ages were delighted by the Christmas display that filled the auditorium at LLCC-Litchfield Nov. 21-23, for the 12th annual City of Litchfield Festival of Trees. Approximately 1,000 guests visited this year’s activities, which brought in $3,500 for local charities.

This year’s event included 50 entries of Christmas trees, wreaths, holiday centerpieces and a new category this year, gingerbread houses. The event also included live entertainment by a barbershop quartet, Jim Lutz, Lynne and Thomas Taylor, Mark York, the Rafferty family, the Zion Lutheran Church hand bell choir and the Lincolnwood High School choir. Volunteers from the Elizabeth Ann Seton program and the Litchfield High School FCCLA chapter manned the Little Elves workshop, where children  decorated gingerbread cookies and visited with Santa Claus. There was also a display of Christmas trees in the hallway with handmade ornaments by Litchfield students in grades pre-K through three. Visitors had the chance to vote for their favorite tree, with the winning class given a prize.

LLCC also participated in the 25th annual Memorial Medical Center Foundation Festival of Trees by decorating a 7-foot tree. LLCC staff decorators  were: Barbara Eades, Colleen Pittman, Rose Raikes and Diane Clark.