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The 2nd Annual Tree Lighting, orchestrated by the Town of Park City, drew a brisk throng of discernible suits and coiffed children, the entire tableau glittered in step‑and‑repeat red and cocktail‑black tuxedos. Meanwhile, the Wasatch County Library Movie Night: Wicked, an indie‑film plunge, advertised itself in gallery‑white flyers but failed to hold the hype—only a handful of artistic eccentrics lingered, clutching their motion‑picture yen. The Individual Puzzle Races offered a ironic playground for sporting brackets, yet its casual gear—flute‑glass gold sunglasses—reeked of last‑minute scramble. At the 4th Annual Celebrating Home Holiday Tree Show & Auction, the 21+ crowd seemed to march straight off the red carpet, nicotine‑etched, and the CREATE PC Holiday Makers Market opening was more a baroque cosplay than a genuine marketplace. Even contrasted with Sundance, the traffic‑gridlock of the highway between Utah and California births a pilgrimage; yet the California vetting of talent is a privilege nobody in Park City inherits. Final verdict: Send a check but stay home—if you’re sane.