All Decked Out at the Shopping Mall

IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers A CLOSER LOOK—Above, Moorpark resident Brooke Austin, 5, can't believe the size of the decorative balls on the Christmas tree at The Promenade shopping center in Thousand Oaks. The giant bulbs are proportional in size to the 60-foot fir tree, which arrived from Mount Shasta, Wash. A tree lighting ceremony was held Nov. 21. Left, Courtney Fitzgerald, 13, Michelle Pina, 13, Paige Ishimoto, 3, Emily Ishimoto, 6, and Megan Case, 6, share their excitement with a dance.