Photos below by Jamie Nygaard
With 37 degrees showing on the Citizens National Bank time-temp clock, they stood four deep from the town hall the the library.

It had to be a record crowd, but who is counting?

Parade marshall John Murray, switch-hitter Josh Kauffman, town crier Kevin Gratz, parade director Junior Weihrauch, chamber CEO Paula Scott and dozens and dozens of volunteers helped make Bluffton the holiday capital of northwestern Ohio on Saturday evening.

Tied to Shop Small Saturday, Bluffton's 33rd annual Blaze of Lights lite up the town, at the strike of 7, just as it had each Saturday after Thanksgiving since 1986.

Jamie Nygaard shares nearly two dozen photos of the evening. And, watch the video where Josh Kauffman, middle school principal, "hits the switch."