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The City of Yellowknife (the City) and Northland Utilities Yellowknife (NUY) are pleased to announce this season’s Annual Holiday Lights Competition. Residents are invited to brighten up our community during this dark time of year by decorating their homes with festive lights.

For participating homes, note that there are no specific categories for the Holiday Lights Competition. To participate, residents are asked to leave their lights on from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. from December 11, 2023 to January 7, 2024. From December 11-15, residents and NUY staff will nominate the houses they would like to see in the competition by sending the address and a photo of the home to holidaylights@yellowknife.ca. These houses will be included on a virtual map that residents can use as a guide as they check out the lights around town. The nomination deadline is December 15, 2023, at 11:59 p.m.

From the selection of nominated homes, residents can vote on their favourite light display from December 16, 2023 to January 7, 2024. The public can vote for more than one home, and there are two different ways to vote. To vote via Facebook (@OurYellowknife), look out for an album with all the nominated homes and place your vote by liking the photo of your top choice(s). Residents can also vote through an online voting form. The link for the online voting form as well as the virtual map mentioned above will be published on the City’s website on December 16, 2023.  

The top 5 festive homes will be announced on January 8, 2024. Each winner will receive a $100 prize courtesy of Northland Utilities, along with a City of Yellowknife Holiday Lights Top 5 plaque for display.