Prince George, B.C.- The temperature may have been falling, but  that didn’t frighten off  hundreds of Prince George residents from  taking in the 19th annual Christmas  Light Up event at the Civic Square.

About 500  people  took in the event which included everything from hayrides and hot chocolate, to  a Gangnam Style flash mob,  figure skating, Christmas  carols and a  visit from Santa.

(For a  brief video of the events,  click on the photo at right)

With  events in the  Art Gallery, the Library and the Festival of Trees underway in the Civic Centre, the Civic Square was surrounded with events  focused  on celebrating the season.

Civic Centre Manager Myles Tycholis  says   the good folks at Canadian Tire can be thanked for all the lights, as they donated 2,000 lights to the  event. Warmac Industries,  the same folks who delivered the  tree to the Coast  Inn of the North,  delivered the tree  that  was  lit up  in the Civic square.