In photos: Lighting up the night
The winter solstice, the day with the fewest hours of sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere, takes place at 5:02 a.m. Dec. 21. The long nights of a pandemic have been made beautiful, though, with holiday lights throughout our cities and towns. Many people put their displays up earlier than usual this year as a way to bring joy and help dispel the gloom of a difficult year. Press Herald photographers recorded some of the colorful beauty.
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Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette
Katie Pinard, one of the owners of Elements in Biddeford, strings up lights on Dec. 2.