EVENT: Holiday cheer beats back scrooge-ish rain at Downtown tree lighting

Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matthew PerlmanThe Brooklyn PaperA steady flow of freezing rain soaked the stage at the 25th annual MetroTech Center tree lighting on Monday night, so much that one ballerina took a dive and the dance performance had to be cut short.

Still, a respectable crowd of 50 gathered under an overhang to watch the festivities that one attendee said turns the page on Thanksgiving.

“The weather’s not going to stop us