Holiday lights on the Maine College of Art building help give a festive glow to Congress Street.

Trees wrapped in blue lights help illuminate a walkway near Tommy's Park.

People walk through Monument Square, lit with holiday lights.

A tree of books is seen through a window at Longfellow Books in Portland.

Jack Fowler of Custom Coach and Limousine waits for riders to board his bus, which is decorated with holiday lights, on Commercial Street in Portland.

A lit star shines over Munjoy Hill in Portland.

Tugboats at McAllister Towing & Transportation are decorated with holiday lights along the waterfront in Portland.

White holiday lights decorate the trees in Monument Square.

Lights from Commercial Street buildings are reflected on the wet pavement on a rainy December evening.

Congress Street is aglow with holiday lights.