December 19, 2012. 16 Photos
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The Trail of Lights returned this year on Dec. 16 and will remain open every night from 6:30 to 10pm through Sunday, Dec. 23. This is the traditional Victorian entry gate, sponsored by H-E-B. The trail relied on corporate sponsors to bring the event back to Austin this year, after a two-year hiatus. -
Cirrus Logic’s Rainbow Tunnel -
Max and friends from Where the WIld Things Are, presented by Neil Webber -
Groove Grove (David Booth) -
Water Wonderland (ABC Bank) -
The World of Seuss (Austin Golf Carts) -
The Trail of Lights on Dec. 18 saw a packed crowd late into the night. -
Festive trees between Santa and Rudolph (HNTB) and Santa Saurus (the Robert Smith Family) -
Small star-shaped signs to the side of each exhibit marked the sponsor for that section of the display. -
Cartoon Land (Barton Creek Square mall) featured the Peanuts gang alongside the Seven Dwarves and some animated figures from Austin’s skyline. -
“Paul Carrozza [of RunTex, who helped bring sponsorship to the event] and I agreed, this is important to the community,” said Mayor Lee Leffingwell in a press release Dec. 17. “I am confident that this partnership between the City, the RunTex Foundation and the community will be sustainable for years to come.” -
Dream Tunnel (Tito and Lori Beveridge) -
Candy Land (AT&T) -
Crowds exit through Starry Winter Night (Samsung) -
Across the way, the Zilker Holiday Tree (with its “trunk” of one of Austin’s moonlight towers) dazzled brightly. -
Traditionally, visitors stand under the tree and spin, producing this dizzying effect. The Zilker Holiday Tree remains lit through midnight Dec. 31.