Holiday Nights and Lights is a lighted display in a local
park sponsored by our community’s chamber of commerce and is typically a “drive
through” display. But once a year on the
evening before the display is open for car traffic, people can hike the lights with
proceeds going towards developing our local trail system.
Hiking the lights has become a holiday tradition for our
family and was part of our holiday kick-off week-end featuring Festival of
Trees the next day—click here to read more, and Santa Paws the following day—click here to read more. It was a trilogy of
holiday delights all in one week-end and each one a fundraiser for a local
organization. Win, win!
Each year, the light displays get moved around a bit to new
locations. One of our favorite displays
is the Frog Tree. Check out of the video
below to hear the frogs’ song:
The lighted tunnel is another favorite. Check out the video below:
In my opinion, the only thing the lighted tunnel needs is
some music to go along with those dancing lights. Ah, but that would make it like the Osborne
Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios!
We’ve hiked the lights in a variety of weather conditions,
some even requiring boots and snowpants, but this year, the temperatures were
unseasonably warm and the crowd for the hike responded accordingly; higher the temperature the higher the
crowd.
What are your holiday traditions?
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