For those of you not familiar with this concept - as I was until this past Friday night - Light Up night is the night where the city comes alive. It happens every year at this time.
It's been cold, it's been snowing, and it's been a little dreary. Slowly but surely, Christmas decorations have been going up around the city.
A large Christmas tree here, strings of tinsel along the street poles, and bright lights strung around buildings. And on Friday night, they all came alive.
People braved the cold and came out to watch the tress light up, to be the first to scratch the ice in the newly-opened outdoor skating rink, to bring their kids to see real reindeer.
Coming from South Africa, this is all still such a novelty to me. And this is why Christmas, in my opinion at least, is the most amazing, most alive part of the year.
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