Star Photo/Amber Wadovick While Elizabethton celebrated the lighting of the fir tree Tuesday evening, downtown has bathed itself in holiday lights for a little while longer than that.

Star Photo/Amber Wadovick The lights dot every corner of downtown Elizabethton, such as the library, where a snowflake and a horse glow prominently.

Star Photo/Amber Wadovick In Elizabethton, the Christmas lights indicate the start of the holiday season, even if Thanksgiving is still a little less than a week away.