Overview
- Only a replica National Christmas Tree and a few snowflake decorations remain lit at Nela Park, with the tree scheduled to stay on display through Jan. 5.
- GE Lighting, a Savant company, confirmed it donated the longtime display pieces to communities and nonprofits rather than staging the estate-wide show this season.
- Recipients include Downtown Cleveland’s Winterland in Public Square, Voinovich Park, Playhouse Square, Ohio City locations, and groups such as the Western Reserve Historical Society and Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio.
- Additional installations are appearing in Euclid, Highland Hills, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo’s Lights for Lions, the Chagrin Valley Jaycees, Lock 3 Park in Akron, and Santa’s Hide-A-Way Hollow.
- The change follows GE Lighting’s sale to Savant in 2020 and the Nela Park property’s 2022 sale to Phoenix Investors, a shift that has disappointed residents who long visited the unified display founded in 1924 and celebrated at its 100th anniversary last year.