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Christmas Kick-off, Dayton's traditional welcome to the holiday season, gets underway Friday and Saturday, November 24-25, with a plethora of activities and events slated for both days...favorites such as the Living Nativity behind Dingle's of Dayton, the Ugly Sweater 5K, the lighted parade, Christmas trees, and, of course, Santa Claus bringing up the last of the parade before fireworks. These are only a few of the tons of things the Chamber of Commerce has put together this year (see ad on page 4.) One of the Dayton traditions for students from Dayton Elementary is the crafting of their own Christmas ornaments and the field trip to Elk Drug to hang them on the Community Christmas Tree, as these fourth graders, with the help of Pacific Power's Doug Hinds, did last Tuesday.