The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, adorned in 5,000 LED lights and 10,000 hand-made ornaments, lit up the skies in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night during a ceremony to ring-in the 2024 holiday season.

Today, elaborate Christmas light displays can be found throughout the world, in small town U.S.A. to large amusement parks in Europe and beyond.

An electrician is keeping busy this festive season with a new side hustle — putting up other people’s Christmas lights. Josh Thornton, 28, came up with the business idea last year after he

Govee's smart string light upgrades are among the best, with several design changes we particularly like. These lights -- which have Matter support and work with Google Home or Alexa -- ditch the hanging bulbs for a string light design, making them a whole lot easier to place in a holiday tree, wrap around a wreath and so on.

Your ultimate guide to over-the-top holiday displays around the Valley this year. December 3 is #GivingTuesday. We in the news business like to think of it as #GivingNewsDay. If you value our work, we hope you’ll consider making a contribution to our newsroom today.

The Post-Crescent's annual map of holiday lights displays is live and updating. Select map icons to read more about each display and use the +/- to zoom in or out on the map. You can still add a display at a home, park, business, church or otherwise by following the link.

Rose Burke, a 9-year-old Alaska student, won the special honor of lighting the Capitol Christmas Tree on Dec. 3.

Watch as 4th grader Rose Burke lights the Capitol Christmas Tree in D.C. Burke received the honor to light the tree after winning an essay contest. The tree is an 80-foot Alaskan Sitka spruce from Tongass National Forest.

On Tuesday night, the 80-foot-tall Christmas tree on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol was lit, marking another sign of the unofficial start of the holiday season. The tree, which was driven by two truck drivers from Alaska,