Alamo Lights holiday celebration returns this weekend

Tickets cost $5 for adults and $4 for children 12 or younger.

click to enlarge The trees around the Alamo are wrapped with Christmas lights each year. - Courtesy Photo / Alamo Trust
Courtesy Photo / Alamo Trust
The trees around the Alamo are wrapped with Christmas lights each year.
The Alamo is bringing back its annual holiday lights celebration starting this weekend, according to a press release.

Starting on Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., the cradle of Texas liberty will be lit up with Christmas lights as part of the Alamo Lights celebration. The trees and grounds will wrapped with lights, while larger-than-life decorated figures of the Alamo Defenders will watch over the hallowed grounds.

Tickets cost $5 each for adults and $4 for children 12 years and under. Discounts are available for Friends of the Alamo members and active duty service members.

Alamo Lights runs from Nov. 24-Jan. 2 on select dates. A full list of dates can be found on the Alamo’s website.

As part of Alamo Lights, organizers are inviting the public to honor a loved one by purchasing a luminaria, which will be displayed around the green lawn in front of the Alamo Church during the Spanish Mission’s Lights of Tribute event from Dec. 15-Dec. 17.

Luminarias can be purchased online with a donation of $10 or more from the Remember the Alamo Foundation.

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Michael Karlis

Michael Karlis is a Staff Writer at the San Antonio Current. He is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., whose work has been featured in Salon, Alternet, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, Orlando Weekly, NewsBreak, 420 Magazine and Mexico Travel Today. He reports primarily on breaking news, politics...

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