-HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA- What: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center will kick off the holiday season with a "rocket-lighting" ceremony Dec. 1. Thousands of colored lights will twinkle all the way down the Saturn I -- the tallest of the historic rockets at Marshall's Rocket Park.
The lights will be officially lit by Marshall Center Deputy Director Gene Goldman and a special guest from the North Pole. Children enrolled at Marshall's Child Development Center will sing holiday favorites. Hot cocoa and cookies will be served prior to the lighting of the rocket at 4:45 p.m.
Where: The lighting ceremony will take place at Marshall's Rocket Park, near the intersection of Rideout and Mercury roads.
When: Dec. 1, 4:45-5:15 p.m. CST. - Marshall Space Flight Center- Staff Report