11/29/2012 - Yokota's Chapel Handbell Choir and Yokota West Elementary School Chorus perform carols prior to the annual tree lighting ceremony Nov. 28, 2012, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Afterwards, base members were invited to attend holiday festivities at the Taiyo Community Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrea Salazar)

11/29/2012 - Col. Chuck Brown, left, 374th Airlift Wing vice commander, counts down to turn on the holiday tree lights at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 28, 2012. The 374th Civil Engineer Squadron set up the tree lights helping the kick off of this year's holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrea Salazar)

11/29/2012 - Yokota's holiday tree shines outside the base chapel during the annual tree lighting ceremony Nov. 28, 2012, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrea Salazar)

11/29/2012 - Yokota residents and spectators pose for photographs during the annual tree lighting ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 28, 2012. More than 200 spectators attended the annual ceremony starting the holiday season. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrea Salazar)