Overview
- An hour-long WLWT broadcast began at 6:30 p.m. and culminated with the tree lighting and a fireworks show.
- Thousands gathered at Fountain Square for the annual celebration that marks the start of the season.
- This year’s Christmas tree stands 52 feet tall and was brought to Fountain Square from Traverse City, Michigan.
- The city’s ice rink has moved about two blocks to Elm Street Plaza on the former Millennium Hotel site and is roughly 2,000 square feet larger with an all-new build.
- New amenities include a heated 65-by-65-foot Winter House on Fountain Square, a warming tent by the rink, fire pits, rentable heated igloos, pergolas, a small market, a full bar, carolers, Northern Kentucky ice skaters and live music from Second Wind Band.