Christmas Tree Lighting Pics from MBPOA

I recently wrote about the Mastic Beach Property Owners Association tree lighting and how much we enjoyed ourselves. I could not post the pics because my computer was dying a slow death at the time. It ceremoniously went down for the holidays, forcing me to max out my credit card to get a new one. (A writer without a computer is like a taxi driver without a car - without the equipment, you're not making any money.)

Anyway, I am finally getting to put up a pic of the Christmas tree. Hope your holidays were happy and the new year is prosperous for you and yours!

(Reminder: Tonight is the special Board of Ed meeting about the H.S. shooting incident.)

Another Note:

With the holidays, I've been "out of the loop" (never mind we had 2 computers break down, a cell phone and hubby's truck in 2 weeks). I managed to miss an important meeting last night listed on the MBV Exploratory blog:

Meeting on Monday evening, 5th January--all welcome!

Monday, January 5, 2009, 7pm-9pm

Mastic Beach Fire Department, Neighborhood Road , Mastic Beach, NY

Pattersquash Creek Civic Association, Inc. and Mastic Beach Village Exploratory Committee

Agenda:

1. Presentation of Our Two Trophies for Our Two Floats in the Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade

2. Report on the Neighbor-to-Neighbor Letter Campaign

3. Report on Petition Drive Against the J6 (Second Story) Rezoning of Neighborhood and Mastic Roads in Mastic Beach

4. Guest Presenter: Terry Germano of the Community Library on Library Link and Our Two Listings on that Website

5. Report on Community Efforts in Response to Recent Gun Violence

6. The Mastic Beach Village Exploratory Committee Presents The Year in Review. Videos of the past meetings with West Hampton Dunes Village Mayor Gary Vegliante, Patchogue Village Mayor Paul Pontieri, Islandia Village Mayor Allan Dorman, and Municipal Attorney Joseph Prokop will be shown.

All residents are cordially invited to this very important meeting
that will affect the future of our community.

All members are encouraged to bring a guest or guests.

Christmas Tree Lighting - Mastic Beach Property Owners Association

Last night we attended the Christmas tree lighting at the corner of Elder Road and Neighborhood Road, sponsored by the Mastic Beach Property Owners Association. It was truly a magical, wonderful evening for our family!

This year was the best ever. The Pattersquash Creek Property Owners Association gave out adorable candy canes wrapped in a felt reindeer. Meanwhile, MBPOA had all the holiday spirit covered. Hot chocolate, home baked cookies and endless cupcakes were served. A snowman, manger and Christmas tree were all present in the green. The gazebo was brightly decorated in light for the arrival of Santa. The William Floyd students sang Christmas carols. It was beautiful!

Santa Claus arrived in a decked out fire truck. All the children shouted with glee! Everyone went to sit on Santa's lap. All the kids received really nice coloring books, crayons (they even had a sharpener) and candy canes. Besides all the familiar, hard-working locals who made this possible, Keith Romaine made an appearance.

We had such a wonderful time. In anticipation of the tree lighting ceremony, we decorated our own house and yard. When we returned home, the twinkling lights reminded us of the great time we had at the tree lighting. Way to go MBPOA!