A Look at the Holidays in Fort Wayne, Indiana
From holiday displays, classic Fort Wayne attractions, and dining with a special holiday flare, discover how Ruth at Yaro Photography spends a festive day in Fort Wayne, Indiana…
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Merry & Bright: Holiday Windows Outside Downtown
Fort Wayne Social Club invites businesses to share their holiday-inspired storefront displays. Businesses will be competing for a People’s Choice Award. Public voting opens November 24, 2025, and continues through January 3, 2026. Please remember to be courteous and respectful of each display, their…
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Your Guide to Fort Wayne, Indiana's Holiday Festivities
HolidayFest is a Fort Wayne, Indianatradition that begins the week before Thanksgiving and continues until we ring in the new year. In a typical year, the flagship event is the Night of Lights, which is always the evening before Thanksgiving. The Night of Lights is an absolute joy and also serves as Fort Wayne's official start to the Holiday season…
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Merry & Bright: Downtown Fort Wayne Holiday Windows
The Downtown Holiday Window Decorating Contest, themed “Candy Cane Lane,” invites businesses to create peppermint-inspired storefront displays. Contestants will be judged in three categories: Most Instagrammable, Most Fort Wayne, and the People’s Choice Award. Public voting opens November 24, 2025…
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2025 Best Dazzling Holiday Houses
The holidays are a time of spending more time with your family, and celebrating the season with some new sights and sounds. There is no better year than this to celebrate with a drive around Fort Wayne to discover dazzling holiday houses…
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Clip-Clop Through Christmas with a Carriage Ride
The holidays and winter may not be the best time to be outdoors, but a carriage ride through downtown Fort Wayne makes for a magical experience and the perfect end to a romantic evening…
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Night of Lights: A Fort Wayne Holiday Tradition
The holidays are a big deal in Fort Wayne, and we start our festivities early at the annual Night of Lights celebration on Wednesday, November 26 — Thanksgiving eve. The current Night of Lights tradition is nothing new, though. Fort Wayne’s love of the holidays goes way back to the Wolf & Dessauer…
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Light up the Night at the Fantasy of Lights
There's just something about the holiday season that, even as an adult, makes me feel excited beyond belief to the point that my husband often compares me to a 6-year-old little girl…
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