
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Visitors take in the sights as Temple Square in Salt Lake City comes to life Friday, November 29, 2019, as hundreds of thousands of colorful LED bulbs light up, a yearly tradition that started in 1965. The lights will run through the end of the year.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Micha Misifoa, 5, takes in the sights as Temple Square in Salt Lake City comes to life Friday, November 29, 2019, as hundreds of thousands of colorful LED bulbs light up, a yearly tradition that started in 1965. The lights will run through the end of the year.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Visitors take in the sights as Temple Square in Salt Lake City comes to life Friday, November 29, 2019, as hundreds of thousands of colorful LED bulbs light up, a yearly tradition that started in 1965. The lights will run through the end of the year.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Visitors take in the sights as Temple Square in Salt Lake City comes to life Friday, November 29, 2019, as hundreds of thousands of colorful LED bulbs light up, a yearly tradition that started in 1965. The lights will run through the end of the year.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Visitors take in the sights as Temple Square in Salt Lake City comes to life Friday, November 29, 2019, as hundreds of thousands of colorful LED bulbs light up, a yearly tradition that started in 1965. The lights will run through the end of the year.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Visitors take in the sights as Temple Square in Salt Lake City comes to life Friday, November 29, 2019, as hundreds of thousands of colorful LED bulbs light up, a yearly tradition that started in 1965. The lights will run through the end of the year.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Visitors take in the sights as Temple Square in Salt Lake City comes to life Friday, November 29, 2019, as hundreds of thousands of colorful LED bulbs light up, a yearly tradition that started in 1965. The lights will run through the end of the year.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Visitors take in the sights as Temple Square in Salt Lake City comes to life Friday, November 29, 2019, as hundreds of thousands of colorful LED bulbs light up, a yearly tradition that started in 1965. The lights will run through the end of the year.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Visitors take in the sights as Temple Square in Salt Lake City comes to life Friday, November 29, 2019, as hundreds of thousands of colorful LED bulbs light up, a yearly tradition that started in 1965. The lights will run through the end of the year.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Visitors take in the sights and sounds of carolers as Temple Square in Salt Lake City comes to life Friday, November 29, 2019, as hundreds of thousands of colorful LED bulbs light up, a yearly tradition that started in 1965. The lights will run through the end of the year.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Visitors take in the sights as Temple Square in Salt Lake City comes to life Friday, November 29, 2019, as hundreds of thousands of colorful LED bulbs light up, a yearly tradition that started in 1965. The lights will run through the end of the year.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Visitors take in the sights as Temple Square in Salt Lake City comes to life Friday, November 29, 2019, as hundreds of thousands of colorful LED bulbs light up, a yearly tradition that started in 1965. The lights will run through the end of the year.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Visitors take in the sights as Temple Square in Salt Lake City comes to life Friday, November 29, 2019, as hundreds of thousands of colorful LED bulbs light up, a yearly tradition that started in 1965. The lights will run through the end of the year.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Visitors take in the sights as Temple Square in Salt Lake City comes to life Friday, November 29, 2019, as hundreds of thousands of colorful LED bulbs light up, a yearly tradition that started in 1965. The lights will run through the end of the year.
Hundreds of thousands of colorful LED bulbs were lit up on Temple Square in Salt Lake City on Friday. The annual holiday tradition started in 1965. The lights will illuminate the block through the end of the year.
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