Cameron Jones, 4, of Wilton, dons a Santa hat while visiting with Santa Claus at Nelson’s Candy on Friday night. 
Cameron Jones, 4, of Wilton, dons a Santa hat while visiting with Santa Claus at Nelson’s Candy on Friday night.  Credit: Staff photo by Ashley Saari—Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

Despite nippy temperatures, children came out on Friday night to see Santa Claus light the tree in Wilton’s Main Street park, read them “The Night Before Christmas,” and give him their Christmas lists in Nelson’s Candy. Residents visited Main Street shops and vendors selling crafts and local products in the Town Hall to collect stamps to be entered into a raffle for a holiday basket, which was won by Florence Rideout Elementary School Student Jason Caragher.