Antonio Martinez plugs Christmas lights in the Gene Leahy Mall in Omaha, on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD ...

Kiarra, left, and Cian Frieze get their photo taken with Santa at the Durham Museum, one of five stops during Sunday’s Holiday Lights Family Festival. Officer Marc Van Sickle grooms 4-year-old ...

OMAHA, Neb. — The Holiday Lights Festival celebrates its first season at the renovated Gene Leahy Mall this year. The Festival features free holiday events and light displays from Nov. 24 to Jan. 2.

The downtown mall has gone through a multi-million-dollar makeover. Now, the trees are wrapped in lights, and the mall is ready for its first holiday season. “There’s going to be Christmas ...

On Tuesday, Omaha officials have announced the schedule for this year’s annual Holiday Lights Festival — and this one promises to be special. It’s the silver anniversary for the celebration ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - They call her the Light Queen. “I’ve done this for a lot of years. People count on me to be here. I’m that central person they call or text or email. And it’s fun. It ...

The city is preparing for the holiday season, and part of that is Omaha's Holiday Lights Festival. Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert and other leaders kicked off the event Tuesday morning.

Christmas waiting in downtown Omaha for the holiday lights to switch on, joined in singing traditional carols and listened to *** new one is exactly where each one of the estimated 35,000 people ...

Stroll back to 1952, the year after Bob Hope’s “The Lemon Drop Kid” cemented “Silver Bells” as a Christmas standard. To downtown Omaha we go, to the city’s shopping hub.