They turned on more than 200 thousand Christmas lights in Ladysmith Thursday night… in what is still one of the biggest holiday light-ups in the province.
More than 22-thousand people crowded the streets for the start of he Festival of Lights – that’s almost triple the town’s population.
And, if you missed the big kick off, the lights will stay on until January 10th.
And Duck Patterson from the Festival committee says this year, they’ve gone LED.
Patterson says people adopted trees in town to help pay for the switch to the more environmentally-friendly lights.
The lights go on in Sechelt on Saturday, November 28th with the Parade of Lights.
More than 20 trucks are signed up to participate this year.
(image courtesy Sechelt Downtown Business Association)
Things kick off with the lighting of Rockwood Lodge at 5pm, and the parade starts at 5:45
