Fall winds and chilly temperatures were no match for festive holiday cheer as crowds of people helped kick off the Lights in Greenawalds Christmas light display Nov. 24 at 2040 Greenawalds Ave., South Whitehall Township.

During the afternoon of Veterans Day, Nov. 11, Stephens Funeral Home, Upper Macungie, hosted a ceremony recognizing the service of local veterans and acknowledging the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.

An evening of food, music, celebration and spectacle was capped off by a historic Allentown Christmas tradition during the Pip the Mouse reception at the Liberty Bell Museum in the Zion’s Reformed Church of Christ, Allentown.