Lights, Santa, action: Chamber tree-lighting, Holmes Beach open house

Shirley Romberger pays a surprise visit to Santa during the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce Tree Lighting and Holmes Beach Holiday Open House on Dec. 6 at the Anna Maria Island Chamber office, 5313 Gulf Drive.

Katy Demmick, an elf, pauses with Lyra Briend Dec. 6 outside Small Town Creamery during the Holmes Beach Holiday Open House.

Michelle Perry, left, Paul Trudeau, Janet Trudeau and Marie Sullivan attend the Dec. 6 Tree Lighting that included libations, holiday-themed music and shopping.

Visitors fill the plaza outside the AMI Chamber of Commerce during the annual tree lighting and Holmes Beach Holiday Open House Dec. 6.