A Cherokee County Christmas tradition will celebrate its 20th anniversary Saturday, Dec. 4, when Limestone College presents its annual Christmas On Campus , a night of holiday festivities that includes a musical version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” and the traditional lighting of the luminaries and the college’s Christmas tree.

The public is invited to come see “A Christmas Carol,” a unique version of the holiday classic presented jointly by the Limestone music and theatre departments. This festive montage of choral music and drama depicts the spiritual journey of Ebenezer Scrooge, the grumpy miser, who is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Saturday night’s show begins at 6:30 in Fullerton Auditorium. There will also be performances Sunday at 3 p.m. and Monday at 7:30 p.m.

Limestone will continue the beloved tradition of lighting luminaries along College Drive and Limestone's front campus. The late Les Gregory, a former employee and graduate of Limestone college, began the tradition of greeting Christmas on Campus guests with luminaries in 1985, when he lit the first candle to honor retired Limestone College professor Lucy G. Wheeler upon her death. Since Gregory’s inception, the luminaries have grown from 200 to 15,000.

The ceremonial lighting of the Christmas tree on the front campus will begin at 7:50 p.m. and Santa Claus has promised Limestone officials he'll drop in on the festivities at 7:55.