@fox13tampabay: After 30 years, the elaborate holiday light display at the Chick-fil-A on Waters Avenue in Tampa will not be happening this season. ⠀ The restaurant’s owner-operator, Jason Dittman, cited a need to focus on his father's health, deciding to step back and prioritize family time. ⠀ The community has offered to fund and install the lights themselves, but Dittman said the tradition has always been a family-run endeavor. ⠀ #news #fox13news #tampa #chickfila

Omi :

………. If ppl are VOLUNTEERING TO DO IT! Let them do it wth

skreyes89 :

So….. not putting up the light is gonna give the parent health?!? I’m not understanding what one thing has to do with the other.

nava :

okay what about the dale mabry and ehrlich chick fil a?

kellifavefinds :

So many people have offered to volunteered. Lawn companies have offered to do it for free. I wish they would let them 😭

zoë :

I worked at that target and it always made me smile whenever I would leave work on shitty holiday rush days omg so sad❤️❤️

TheycallmeDee :

Is that the one in the same shopping center with Lowe's??

❤️❤️ :

Let’s all volunteer they deserve to know we’re here for them

ana_maria_ortiz :

😔 I understand but so disappointed. It’s a tradition for us to go for the lights.

IAmtheKey :

Man, I hate that, but it’s understandable. This was one thing my girls and I loved when we first moved here. It added to our Christmas.

eheiseッ :

First the antibiotic chicken now THIS

🍯🐝QueenD🌻💰 :

Nooooooooo my heart is broken 💔💔💔💔💔💔

Dani💗 :

Finite. u guys win. 💔

michaeltenn :

Idk why they don't just hire a crew, place makes bank. Like does the owner put the lights up himself?

Jessika :

Can we make a go fund me for it?

Mario D Garcia :

I would thought a 3rd party company was doing the work? So is the owner who does all this???

Jenn🫧 :

Very sad circumstances…..this is so sad…..😞

ja’niyah :

WHY WHY

👑Brad Govender :

Claire :

cook at home and do it at home 😭😭😭

whatever :

We are okay if they gave us free grilled chicken nuggets

Turiya :

Can we donate to get them up? So many local businesses that can hang them up!

13244848383 :

That’s very sad people are always going thru stuff wish him well

Nora Gonzalez :

No 😭

Pam :

Omg noooo

Hey Doc :

Understandable given the circumstances. Thanks for the memories. Those traditional holiday lights have been part of our Christmas celebrations in Tampa for three generations.