By Jarret Liotta

Powerful emotions blended with holiday happiness on Saturday evening, Dec. 6, when Palisades Village, the open-air mall that stands in the center of Pacific Palisades, held its annual Christmas tree lighting.

Hundreds of residents, many of whom are still displaced due to last January’s devastating fire, came to Palisades Village Lane where a festival offered face painting, personalized Christmas ornaments and “mini wreaths.” Many who lost everything expressed the immense value they found in seeing the community together again for this annual holiday gathering.

Leslie McCaw and family lost their home in the Palisades fire . She said she became teary driving to the Christmas tree lighting. “We haven’t been to the Village, obviously, for a year and so it’s wild,” she sai

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