Delaware State University junior Elijah Fitzgerald of Bear plays a holiday tune with the DSU Jazz Combo Thursday evening.
The Milford Christmas Carol Band performs on the second floor of the Dover Public Library Thursday evening.
One-year-old Paisley Rains of Frederica didn't quite know what to make of her first Capital Holiday Celebration as she's held by her mother Courtney Aguilar in front of City Hall Thursday night.
The Dover High School Chorus was on hand Thursday evening to sing holiday tunes for the hundreds in attendance.
Marley Xayarath, 5 of Dover tips her shiny Santa hat to the camera as she sings with her classmates from The Little School in Dover.
Horse-drawn carriages were available to transport folks back and forth in between City Hall and Loockerman Plaza Thursday evening.
Dance Conservatory Ballet Theatre of Dover dancers perform an excerpt from "The Nutcracker" in front of Dover Public Library Thursday evening.
Santa Claus (aka Dover city councilman Bill Hare) arrives at the Capital Holiday Celebration in a horse-drawn carriage Thursday evening.
Dover Mayor Robin Christiansen gives the signal to illuminate the giant Christmas Tree behing him along Loockerman Street Thursday evening during the annual Capital Holiday Celebration.
The Little School student Michael Sharp, 4 of Dover wears a bright red nose to sing "Have A Holly Jolly Christmas" during the annual Capital Holiday Celebration in front of City Hall Thursday evening.
Zaydin Hutchison, 5 of Dover doesn't weant anybody laying a finer on his Christmas cookie as he watches the carolers perform Thursday evening in front of City Hall in Dover.
Minka Kolakowski, 4 of Clayton, center, sings "Jingle Bells" with her Wesley Pre-School classmates.
Kent County Levy Court president Brooks Banta, right, and county administrator Mike Petit de Mange wear reindeer antlers and bright red noses to sing "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer".
From right, Mardi Spangler, Marina Spangler, 15, Nancy Franks, Kirk Wiltshire, Percy Bratcher and Brenda Shriver, all of Dover, participate in a live nativity scene in front of Wesley United Methodist Church along Loockerman Street Thursday evening.
From left, Dover city councilman Jim Hutchison, Mayor Robin Christiansen and councilman Roy Sudler Jr. sing "We Wish A Merry Christmas"
Photos by Dave Chambers