12/8/2010 - Members of the 9th Army Band provide a concert of holiday music at the Richardson Theatre before the tree lighting ceremony, Dec. 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Steven White)

12/8/2010 - Maria Hudson, Richardson Child Development Center, applies hand paint to 4-year-old Gabriella Thibodeau, daughter of Air Force Staff Sgt. Danielle Gagne-Thibodeau, 673d Medical Group, during the Breakfast with Santa at the Arctic Oasis Community Center, Dec. 4. (U.S. Air Force photo/Steven White)

12/8/2010 - Colin Case, 5 years old, son of Darrah Case, Richardson Child Development Center, works on his bear at the Breakfast with Santa hosted at the Arctic Oasis Community Center, Dec. 4. (U.S. Air Force photo by Steven White)

12/8/2010 - Anna Rosenberg, 6 years old, daughter of Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Jim Rosenberg, Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, takes a break from her art work at the Breakfast with Santa hosted at the Arctic Oasis Community Center, Dec. 4. (U.S. Air Force photo/Steven White)

12/8/2010 - Army Brig. Gen Palumbo, U.S. Army Alaska commanding general, gets ready to turn the switch and light the tree with the help of children in front of USARAK headquarters, Dec. 2. (Photo by Steven White/JBER PAO)

12/8/2010 - Army Maj. Carlos Moya, HHC, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, with Rudolf, answers questions from children at the tree lighting ceremony in front of the headquarters building. (U.S. Air Force photo/Steven White)