What is Lewes Lights?
Lewes Lights, is a free, community holiday light tour., powered by Christmas spirit. During the month of December, Lewes, Delaware homeowners & businesses decorate for the holiday season, illuminating our city with light and joy. It's a gift from the heart brought to you be the residents of the First Town in the First State.
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The annual tour map is published here on December 1. Visitors can view our driving tour map, which shows all of the lighted homes and businesses as map points. This is a self-guided tour to explore at your own pace.
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The goal of Lewes Lights is to lift spirits, spread light & joy, and bring our community together by making Lewes glow. We invite you to be part of our homegrown holiday tradition. While viewing lights, please shop or dine in Lewes to support our wonderful downtown businesses.
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Thank you to the Lewes Lights homeowners and businesses who are the backbone of Lewes Lights. Please recruit neighbors to register, post pics of your decorating to social media, and tag Lewes Lights.
Spread your light and let's glow Lewes!
Joy, light, and Christmas spirit are contagious, and we know how to put on a show here.
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Who are we?
Why do we do Lewes Lights?
Starting with who and what we are not is easier. We are not a professional organization, a large group of volunteers, corporate-sponsored, or a charitable organization raising money.
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We love Lewes and started a tradition to raise the Clause-O-Meter in town to bring joy to all from 2 to 92. The other Lewes Lights goal is to help our local businesses by bringing visitors into town to do some local shopping and dining. The main goal of Lewes Lights is spreading joy and making Lewes brighter every December.
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Christian Mullins and Debra Evalds started Lewes Lights in 2020 during the COVID shutdown to raise spirits because we couldn't imagine Lewes without Christmas events or a Parade. A few friends jumped in to help. The people of Lewes embraced Lewes Lights and decorated their homes and businesses like we had never seen before, so they are who to thank for making Lewes Lights a success! The collective Christmas spirit and joy was contagious, and we vowed then to do Lewes Lights for as long as we could keep people decorating and making Lewes glow.
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Debra has taken over the reins of the sleigh, with the help of Santa. There are a few elves who help with signs, but Lewes Lights is self-funded. Volunteers are always needed to help increase sign-ups in their neighborhoods, send emails to their friends and neighbors to get the word out, organize an event they create, help put up signs, or create a better map and self-guided tour. That map is really our biggest need and exceeds our talents. We would also love a Secret Santa to buy some more signs or a banner. Send an email to LewesLights@gmail.com if you would like to help.
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We want to thank every home and business in Lewes that decorates and illuminates to make Lewes glow, as well as to every person who has contributed their help over the last 5 years. You are truly the hosts of this humble and homegrown Christmas party. Please keep Lewes Lights glowing! Thank you!!!!!
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