Amid snow flurries, hundreds of people braved the cold Saturday night to see Christmas lights turn on at The RiverFront parks in downtown Omaha. Adrian Florea, left, and Gabbi Florea, both of ...
Downtown Omaha was getting into the act. Writing about its 1929 contest, the Bee-News mentioned “lights on 250 Christmas trees gleam, green festoons draped across the streets make archways for ...
we lit the lights downtown on Thanksgiving evening, but the stores were closed, and it was such a tradition people loved," said Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert, "We thought wouldn't it be great to do it ...