AN AFTERNOON of events ranging from cookies and hot chocolate to horse-drawn carriage rides and visits with Santa concluded with the tree lighting on the Brunswick Mall on Saturday.

SAVANNAH KENNEY, 4, left, and Makayla Kenney, 6, of Woolwich, tell Santa what they want for Christmas on Saturday while the big guy visited the Brunswick Downtown Association’s tree lighting ceremony.

BRUNSWICK HIGH School’s choir provides holiday music Saturday.