LAMORINDA WEEKLY | Lafayette lights up with Holiday cheer!


Twinkle lights shine throughout downtown Lafayette. Photo Pippa Fisher

The pandemic has changed many things about this holiday season but it can't take the twinkle out of Lafayette.

The switch to light up the tree in the Plaza Park on Sunday evening, Dec. 6 will be thrown at 6 p.m. and organizers hope that households will do the same, lighting up neighborhoods across the city at the same moment.

For the past seven years the Dana Green Team and Branagh Development have sponsored the twinkle lights up and down Mt. Diablo Boulevard. Their donation helps the Chamber of Commerce pay for the installation and maintenance of the lights.

In previous years the lighting up occurs during the annual "It's a Wonderful Life in Lafayette" gathering. This year the event has been canceled due to shelter-in-place guidelines. However the Holiday Snow Globe will be available for holiday photos until Dec. 25, with social distancing safeguards in place.