December 2017 26 GLENDALE GLITTERS GLENDALE Glendale’s award-winning holiday lighting event has become a family tradition across the Valley and Arizona. The stunning display of 1.6 million LED lights will illuminate sixteen blocks of Historic Downtown Glendale, making it the largest free holiday light display in Arizona. Glendale’s Mayor and Councilmembers light up the downtwon for the first time this season…all 16 blocks, and 1.6 million lights!  The glittering magic of Glendale’s holiday light display remains lit nightly through Jan. 6, 2018, from 5 – 11 p.m. each evening. Historic Downtown Glendale is located at 58th and Glendale avenues. For more information on additional holiday festivals, call the Special Event Hotline at 623-930-2299 PARKING: For Glendale Glitters Spectacular and the Holiday  weekends is available throughout the downtown area. Event attendees will have the option and convenience of paying for preferred parking in the two downtown garages, located at City Hall, at 59th and Glenn Drive and Bank of America Building, at 58th and Glenn Drives. TEMPLE GARDENS CHRISTMAS LIGHTS MESA This light display has a more religious tone to it but it’s an impressive sight that you won’t want to miss. In addition to lights and a nativity display, you’ll also get to experience live music from local musicians.  Join us in a celebration of the birth of Christ at the Mesa Arizona Temple Gardens this Christmas Season.  As you thrill to the sights and sounds of the holidays, we hope that you, your family and friends will enjoy: hundreds of thousands of colorful lights; uniquely illuminated palm trees and flower gardens; an inspiring nativity scene; a display of Mary and Joseph on their way to Bethlehem; recorded messages in English and Spanish and a modern Visitors’ Center open to all.   This spectacular annual display, provided by volunteers, is free of charge each evening of the holiday season. COURTHOUSE PLAZA PRESCOTT When your city is known as the state Christmas City, you know that you’re going to be in for quite the treat when you visit. Prescott is the perfect setting for a good, old fashioned, month-long Christmas celebration with festivities, chilly weather, and a historic setting. The best part is the annual lighting of the Courthouse Plaza, which lights up the city with a million lights.