Moorestonians Carry On Bright Holiday Tradition
Hundreds of neighbors near Pleasant Valley Avenue and Kings Highway dotted their streets and sidewalks with luminarias over the holiday.
A few hundred Moorestown residents carried on a holiday tradition this week, lining the streets of their community with thousands of luminarias. For several hours Christmas Day (and into Wednesday), the streets and sidewalks in the area of Pleasant Valley Avenue, Kings Highway and Strawbridge Lake were extra festive, dotted with luminarias—lighted candles set in sand inside paper bags—placed there by members of the community. Crescent Avenue resident Patricia Decker said she helped establish the tradition 14 years ago and the practice has grown every year since. “It’s just a celebration of lights,” said Decker, who believes the luminarias—which have Latin American origins—are supposed to have “some sort of religious connotation. However, I…
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9:12 am on Friday, December 28, 2012
Northwest Estates residents have been doing this for many years. It looks fantastic! more ›