Downtown Lexington Christmas tree lighting goes virtual

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Santa is coming to town this weekend to light Lexington’s Christmas tree.

Since late October, Lexington Park and Recreation street crews have been decorating around downtown.

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The tree in Triangle Park has 100 ornaments and 800 light. This Sunday, Santa will light it.

This year it’s going virtual so, you can watch from the comfort and safety of your own home. It starts at 6:00 P.M. on the city’s cable channels (Spectrum 185 and MetroNet 3), or you can live-stream it at Lexingtonky.gov.

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Chelsea Smith
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Chelsea Smith joins ABC 36 as a meteorologist and reporter. Chelsea grew up on the south side of Indianapolis. Her love for weather, especially Midwest weather, started with overcoming her childhood fear of thunderstorms. Chelsea graduated from Ball State University in 2017 where she earned her degree in meteorology. As part of a BSU class she chased storms all across the Great Plains and chased tornadoes in Eastern Colorado. She recently moved from Quincy, IL where she was the weekend meteorologist and reporter for WGEM for three years. She has forecasted and covered pretty much all types of Midwest Weather from thunderstorms and tornado outbreaks, blizzards and ice storms, to droughts and historic floods. When Chelsea is not forecasting, she is most likely spending time with her family and her yorkie! She is so excited for be forecasting for Central and Eastern Kentucky!