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%u2018O h C h r i s t m a s T r e e , O h C h r i s t m a s T r e e . . . %u2019The 37th annual Brooklyn H eights Christm as Tree lighting was Dec. 17 atthe entrance to the Promenade, sponsored by the Brooklyn H eights GardenClub. Throwing the switch w as three-year-old Caroline Elizabeth MaryMahew, a seventh-generation Brooklynite, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. PeterMahew. Leading the music w as the Packer Institute Chorus.The tenth annual Christmas Tree lighting of theFifth Avenue Com m ittee was Dec. 17 and the completion of the group%u2019s Park Slope Village housingwas also celebrated.Youngsters from the Y W C A %u2019s Montessori program joined Boerum Hill area residents and m erchants as the A tlantic Ave. Local Development Corporation m arked the holidays with its tree lighingon Dec. 17. C ity Councilm em ber Abe Gerges wasmaster of cerem onies and Borough PresidentHoward G olden also joined in.PhoenixH olidayPhotosByK athrynKirkThe traditional C hristm as Tree lighting tookplace in front of Borough Hall on Dec. 16 andBrooklyn Bishop Francis J. Mugavero was thereto join Borough President Howard Golden inthe cerem ony. The borough's annual Chanukahconcert w as Dec. 22 in Borough Hall Plaza.The kids from St.Augustine/St. FrancisXavier fifth and sixthgrade chorus performed som e holidayfavorites at theGreater New YorkSavings Bank in ParkSlope last week,under the direct of Sr.Rosemarie. Otherschool carollers included P.S. 107, P.S.39, P.S. 124, I.S. 88and Our Lady ofPerpetual Helpschools. The songsmade standing in lineat the bank a littleeasier to take in thishectic seasonm, i %u25a0 ai-.VA m mDecem ber 25, 1986, THE PHOENIX, Page 7