Santa visits Austintown on Thursday

AUSTINTOWN — Santa Claus will be visiting Wickliffe Circle just in time to light the Christmas tree.

The Wickliffe Circle Christmas Committee has organized the 23rd annual tree-lighting ceremony that begins at 6:45 p.m. Thursday at Wickliffe Circle, 4102 Mahoning Ave.

The Austintown Fitch High School choir will play Christmas songs before the tree is lit, and Santa Claus will ride in on a township firetruck as the Fitch Brass Choir sings “Here Comes Santa Claus.”

Those in attendance are invited into the Wickliffe Circle Fire Station afterward for hot chocolate, cookies and the chance to visit with Santa.