(GPB News)- Gov. Brian Kemp, first lady Marty Kemp, and their daughter Amy Porter Kemp lit the Georgia Capitol’s Christmas tree Monday, kicking off the holiday season at the capitol.
“Tree lighting represents the start of an often busy Christmas season for many of us,” the governor said. “It’s also a reminder of the meaning of the season, the birth of our Savior and good overcoming evil. It’s a time to pause and reflect on the blessings in our own lives and find ways to pay those blessings forward.”
The ceremony also included a performance of Christmas carols by the Spelman College Glee Club, and a speech from radio personality Clark Howard about Clark’s Christmas Kids, an initiative embraced by the state to provide Christmas gifts to nearly 10,000 children in Georgia’s foster care system.
Watch the full tree lighting ceremony here.
