Thousands gather downtown for Temple Square lighting ceremony

SALT LAKE CITY — A dramatic sunset and unseasonably warm weather set the backdrop for the thousands who gathered downtown Friday evening for the annual lighting of the holiday lights at Temple Square.
Anders Wilson, a Wyoming resident, said he'd been attending the event for years and couldn't remember it ever being so warm for a lighting ceremony.
"I usually bring my grandkids down and we go out for hot cocoa afterward," Wilson said. "Tonight we might be getting ice cream."
Lighting up the