Krista Goosman (left), Jadyn Tedrow, Sidney Snider, Stacey Bahl, and Mackenzee Barner of Nelsonville sing holiday carols with the Nelsonville- York Senior High School Advanced Choir, the Nelsonville York Elementary 5th and 6th graders, and the St. Mary of the Hills Church Choir at the lighting of the square in Nelsonville, Ohio, on Friday, December 30, 2018. (Hannah Schroeder/ WOUB)
Nelsonville students and members of the St. Mary of the Hills Church Choir gather together in the town square for the lighting of the square while singing silent night in Nelsonville, Ohio, on Friday, December 30, 2018. (Hannah Schroeder/ WOUB)
Director of the St. Mary of the Hills Church Choir Kay Carter (left) and Linda Watkins lead the town square in Christmas carols during the lighting of the town square in Nelsonville, Ohio, on Friday, December 30, 2018. (Hannah Schroeder/ WOUB)
After the lighting of the town square in Nelsonville, Ohio, community members make their way to local restaurants, bars, and Stuart’s Opera House for their evening plans in Nelsonville, Ohio, on Friday, December 30, 2018. (Hannah Schroeder/ WOUB)
Store fronts around the town square don their Christmas decorations, now lit up like the rest of the square in Nelsonville, Ohio, on Friday, December 30, 2018. (Hannah Schroeder/ WOUB)
Store fronts around the town square don their Christmas decorations, now lit up like the rest of the square in Nelsonville, Ohio, on Friday, December 30, 2018. (Hannah Schroeder/ WOUB)
Store fronts around the town square don their Christmas decorations, now lit up like the rest of the square in Nelsonville, Ohio, on Friday, December 30, 2018. (Hannah Schroeder/ WOUB)
Jack Welker and Paula Welker of Pomeroy wait along the art lined walls of Stuart’s Opera House for their family members to arrive for the evening show in Nelsonville, Ohio, on Friday, December 30, 2018. Their granddaughter, Leah Swatzel of Athens, is performing this holiday season in the Seussical Jr. musical at Stuart’s Opera House. (Hannah Schroeder/ WOUB)
