Long Beach 圣诞树亮灯12月7日在 Terrace Theater 广场举行：67英尺圣诞树挂50万盏彩灯
位于加利福尼亚州洛杉矶县的 Long Beach 市，第 12 届圣诞树亮灯仪式将于 12 月 7 日（周一）下午 5 时至晚 8 时在 Terrace Theater 广场（300 E. Ocean Blvd.）举行。今年的主角是一棵 67 英尺高的圣诞树，挂有超过 50 万盏彩灯，市长 Rex Richardson 将到场与居民共同点亮。
这项活动免费参加，但需要门票：门票自 11 月 9 日起由 Visit Long Beach 分批放出，按周发放，想参加的居民需要留意放票时间提前领取。把免费活动做成索票制，是主办方控制广场人流的办法。
Terrace Theater 位于市中心海滨，是 Long Beach 表演艺术中心的主剧场，其门前广场正对 Ocean Boulevard，是市中心节日季的天然聚点。亮灯之夜除点灯仪式外，广场一带还有节日季的常规节目与摊位安排，以主办方当周公告为准。
对南加居民来说，Long Beach 的亮灯排在 12 月第一个周一晚间，与周末各城的游行错开，市府希望把它做成工作日晚间也能参加的市中心节日活动。
（来源：Visit Long Beach）
Long Beach Lights Its 67-Foot Tree on December 7 at Terrace Theater Plaza
The City of Long Beach, in Los Angeles County, California, holds its 12th annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Monday, December 7, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Terrace Theater Plaza, 300 E. Ocean Blvd. The centerpiece is a 67-foot tree dressed with more than 500,000 lights, and Mayor Rex Richardson will join residents to switch it on.
Admission is free, but tickets are required: Visit Long Beach began releasing them in weekly batches starting November 9, and residents who want to attend need to claim a ticket when a batch drops. The ticketing system is the organizer's way of managing the plaza crowd.
The Terrace Theater is the main hall of the Long Beach Performing Arts Center on the downtown waterfront, and its plaza on Ocean Boulevard is the city's natural gathering point for the season. Additional holiday programming around the plaza on lighting night will follow the organizer's announcements that week.
Scheduled for the first Monday evening of December, the Long Beach lighting is deliberately set apart from the weekend parades in neighboring cities — a downtown holiday event residents can attend on a weeknight.
(Source: Visit Long Beach)
来源：Visit Long Beach
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图片来源：图片来源：Wikimedia Commons「LBPAC Terrace Theater」（Dyna4980 摄，公共领域），图中为 Long Beach Terrace Theater，亮灯仪式在其门前广场举行 Image: Wikimedia Commons "LBPAC Terrace Theater" (Dyna4980, public domain); the Terrace Theater in Long Beach, whose plaza hosts the tree lighting
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