Detroit Christmas trees are switched on for the holidays

Lauryn Mitchell, 6 and sister Madisyn Mitchell, 10 explore the over 125, 000 twinkling lights at Beacon Park now through January 10th in Detroit, Michigan  on November 20, 2020.

Beacon Park is illuminated with more than 125, 000 twinkling LED lights including the "Children's Tree" now through January 10th in Detroit, Michigan  on November 20, 2020.

Earlene Ward, left, and her sister Annette Eppinger share a laugh on Eppinger's 55th birthday while taking in the holiday lights displays at Campus Martius Park Friday night in Detroit.

Although the 17th annual Detroit Tree Lighting event was a pre-recorded, made-for-TV event due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 19,000 lights on the official Detroit Christmas tree in Campus Martius Park were turned on Friday evening and many people enjoyed strolling around the park enjoying the lights and the unseasonably warm weather. Photos taken on Friday, November 20, 2020.

A group of young men sit beside the enormous Christmas tree n Campus Martius Park shortly after it was lit for the first time this season in Detroit Friday night. Although the 17th annual Detroit Tree Lighting event was a pre-recorded, made-for-TV event due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 19,000 lights on the official Detroit Christmas tree in Campus Martius Park were turned on Friday evening and many people enjoyed strolling around the park enjoying the lights and the unseasonably warm weather.

Eddie and Denisa Bregu of Detroit stroll among the holiday lights with their children John, 5, and Chloe, 2, in Campus Martius Park in Detroit Friday night.