Holiday traditions in your town or city.

[Bugman]

I grew up in Kansas City, and still today it seems most everyone looks forward to the lights and displays on The Country Club Plaza. Growing up, we went every year, and once there was a special treat. My mother knew a man who owned an airplane, and he took us up one night. It was the first time any of us had been on a plane and that made it all the more special.


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[Bugman]

Here in Austin we have The Trail of Lights which is back after a few years absence due to lack of funds.

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Here's a more detailed video.

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[PhilipRJ_UK]

In Durham, we always have a 'celebrity', in the loosest sense of the word 😉, turn on the Christmas lights in the Market Place. There's also a huge carol service that takes place in the Cathedral, often with a candlelit procession leading up to it. That's been held for many, many years.