The community of Eastend got into the Christmas spirit recently with their Light Up the Valley event.

This evening, put on by the Eastend Chamber of Commerce, had hay rides with Santa, delivering gifts to the residents at the Eastend Health Center, as well as the tree lighting and caroling in the Town Square.

Rosa Vazquez-Ring is the Tourism and Economic Development Officer for the Town of Eastend. She says this special evening always brings out a good crowd. "Well, it's a great opportunity for the community to get together. The Chamber of Commerce has a way to tell everyone in the community thank you for the whole year, and it's a really fun event."

Vazquez-Ring adds that this is the first year that they had all their events at the Town Square and they saw about 60 people out throughout the evening to celebrate the start of the holiday season.