Tree Lighting - Tristan Wilde

We ran home from our day jobs for a rare Monday filming today. Straight to St. George for the Christmas tree lighting.

Outside of borough hall, many schools had sent choirs to sing Christmas Carols. While we were watching, I noticed the guardian angles. I have never seen them before on the Island. They were more than happy to be interviewed. They are expanding on the Island and looking for new volunteers all the time.

We found our friends from City-Zen and the St. George Civic Society watched the tree being light, and the square in front of the tree. The borough president even welcomed Santa.

As we watched, we asked to interview the people who were dressed in Dickenville era clothing. Turns out we were meeting the people who clean up abandon cemeteries for Staten Island. Then the screams started.

Little did I know who was behind me; Tristan Wilde. Another one of Staten Island’s “30 Under 30” from the Advance article was standing right behind me. We got him on tape; our first official TV star.

Before we closed out the night, we met with the Red Cross and the guys who were setting up the stage for the event.

Overall the evening was perfect and we even handed out business card to a photographer who said, “Yeah I have heard of you guys!” That made out night.