Committee decks out C'town for holidays

Anyone who has been on Cooperstowns Main Street in the past couple days knows Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go.

On Sunday, Santas cottage in Pioneer Park was decked out in lights and garland, and the 44 poles around downtown were decorated by volunteers.

Its a true community event, which is phenomenal, Cooperstown Community Christmas Committee President Barbara Cannon said.

More than 65 people were involved in decorating Cooperstown this year.

Weve got a core group of people who come year after year. They came with their kids and are now coming back with their grandkids to do their poles, so thats pretty cool, Cannon said.

The Cooperstown Community Christmas Committee starts meeting every year in August or September.

We re-group to see what worked, what didnt work, what needs tweaking, what worked well and were always looking for ways to make it more efficient, Cannon said.

Some of the decorations need to be re-made each year. Claire Satriano makes the kissing balls that hang from the poles every year, and committee members replace about half of the bows that didnt survive the weather during the previous year.

Decorations are assembled in kits by the committee before decorating day so the volunteers have exactly what it needs at their pole when they arrive.

A couple of years ago the work that goes into decorating Cooperstown was cut down when the old lights were replaced with LED lights.

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Committee decks out C'town for holidays