BTC Hosts Annual Tree Lighting

BAYONNE, NJ – November 16, 2006 - Come join us as we usher in the Holiday Season!  The Bayonne Town Center would like to announce that we will hold our Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Tuesday, November 21st.  This year’s tree lighting will be held at 6:00pm on 25th Street & Broadway.  The Tree Lighting Ceremony will include the arrival of Santa on a fire truck, an ongoing Bayonne Town Center tradition.  Make sure to bring your camera!  Santa will be on hand to take pictures and to listen to children’s wish lists.  Various Bayonne school choirs will enliven our celebration with selections of holiday music, and Mayor Joseph V. Doria, Jr. will do the honor of lighting the tree.

In addition to the Tree Lighting, the Bayonne Town Center is holding various holiday events throughout the season.  On Saturday, December 2nd from 11am-3pm, we will provide Horse & Buggy Rides with Santa on 22nd Street & Broadway.  On Saturday, December 16th at 8:30am, we will host a special Breakfast with Santa at the Fire House Recreation Center 597 Broadway.  Reservations are required for this event.  Also, on Monday, December 18th at 4:30pm, we will present our Annual Menorah Lighting Ceremony at Bayonne Community Bank 510 Broadway.  All Bayonne Town Center events are free to the public.

With so many unique and wonderful businesses within walking distance, the Bayonne Town Center is the most convenient place to shop for all of your holiday needs.  Also, many of the Bayonne Town Center businesses are members of the UEZ which means that you pay only 3.5% sales tax.  Local and economical, the Bayonne Town Center is the easy choice for shopping this holiday season and always.