 Well, as we head into Christmas this weekend, a favorite pastime for many is to load up the family and drive around to look at Christmas lights. In tonight's Northwood's adventure, a Josh Peterson introduces us to the first city of lights tour of homes. The holidays is a favorite tradition for many people. Lights in every color of the rainbow illuminate the night sky. Incandescent to LED, traditional to contemporary. Light displays that are simple and some that twinkle and flash. Light displays of all kinds begin to pop up all over this time of year. However, the quest to find those homes can be a challenge. That is where the Bemidji JC's came in and created the first city of lights tour of homes. The idea actually came from social media. We have been paying attention for years to what the community wants and their needs and this was kind of a fun one for us. With the JC's investing so much in this year's Christmas celebration in Bemidji, it has got many people excited. So excited that when they announced the first ever tour of homes, the owner of the Lake Bemidji Bed and Breakfast jumped at the opportunity. I was so excited because Bemidji is such a great town. My wife Jill and I loved the Christmas time. When I heard about all the new lights and stuff that were going to go up, we thought, gosh, we got to do our place. The Lake Bemidji Bed and Breakfast has already seen the positive impact of the first city of lights and tour of homes projects. Every night, once it gets dark and the lights come on, we see people going by all the time and going real slow and looking at the lights and stuff. We love it. To take the tour of homes, simply pick up one of the tour of homes maps from businesses around Bemidji or follow it online and simply use your GPS. With Bemidji being the first city of lights, the Bemidji JC's thought it would be fitting that the tour of homes kick off from right here at Paul Bunyan Park where 115,000 lights illuminate the waterfront. From Paul Bunyan Park, the tour takes you on a planned out route that showcases some of Bemidji's best and brightest Christmas light displays. With this week's Northwood's Adventure in Bemidji, I'm Josh Peterson, Lakeland News. And that story only featured four of the 17 homes on the tour. We have a link to the tour of homes map on our website. It's lptv.org slash news. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.