{"id":86487,"date":"2025-12-13T04:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T04:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/86487\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T04:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T04:59:12","slug":"downtowns-sparkling-christmas-lights-contest-lights-up-community-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/86487\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown\u2019s Sparkling Christmas Lights Contest lights up community effort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 The Mayor\u2019s Sparkling Christmas Lights Contest returns to downtown this holiday season, inviting every storefront and property owner to transform their exterior displays into a festive showcase. In a community-inclusive effort, businesses across the district are challenged to decorate their storefronts throughout November for a chance to win cash prizes.<\/p>\n<p>On December 5, a panel of special guest judges visited participating locations to evaluate entries in five distinct categories. The judging took place from 6:00 to 10:00 PM as part of December\u2019s First Friday ArtWalk, turning the night into a celebration of creativity, community spirit, and holiday cheer. Winners and runners-up will be announced in each of the five categories, recognizing a range of approaches\u2014from traditional holiday charm to bold, modern displays.<\/p>\n<p>From December 5 to December 31, the public can vote for their favorite decorations and help determine which one will take home the People&#8217;s Choice Award!<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss your chance to vote for these festive businesses. <\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765601952_722_\" alt=\"SparklingChristmasList.jpg\"  width=\"1154\" height=\"1440\"\/><\/p>\n<p>City of Corpus Christi<\/p>\n<p>For the latest local news updates, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kristv.com\/news\/local-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">click here<\/a>, or download the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kristv.com\/about-us\/kris-6-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KRIS 6 News App.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 The Mayor\u2019s Sparkling Christmas Lights Contest returns to downtown this holiday season, inviting every&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156,2344],"class_list":{"0":"post-86487","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news","11":"tag-downtown-corpus-christi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}