Trellis Lighting at Christopher Columbus Park
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Christopher Columbus Park, North End waterfront, Boston, Massachusetts
When: lighting ceremony November 24, 2025; lit through the season
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
260-foot trellis50,000 blue lightslighting ceremony with hot chocolate and chowderattraction
The park's 260-foot waterfront trellis is illuminated with 50,000 blue lights each season, kicked off by an annual lighting ceremony (its 23rd year in 2025) with hot chocolate and chowder.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Boston is around 4:12 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 4:44 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 24°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 11 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 21 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Adams Street Lights
- Commonwealth Avenue Mall Lights
- Lighting of the Ship in Martin's Park
- Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall Holiday Lights
- Holiday Lights on Boston Common
- Boston Common and Frog Pond Holiday Lights
- Beacon Hill Holiday Decorations
- Boston Public Garden Holiday Lights
Make a night of it. This is stop 8 on our 10-stop Boston lights loop — about 3.6 miles and 49 minutes of driving in total.