Portland ushered in the holiday season on Friday night with its much-anticipated annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Monument Square. As hundreds gathered beneath a canopy of twinkling ...

who was attending her third lighting, said. “I thought it would be great to come out here to start the Christmas season, the holiday season, here in Portland." The tree, which was harvested off ...

For the first time in three years, a live tree lighting ceremony was held at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland, and despite the dreary weather, it did not fail to make spirits bright.

A tradition that began in 1933, the lighting of this giant Christmas tree draws thousands of people to Rockefeller Plaza. This year's tree, an 80-foot-tall Norway spruce, hails from Vestal ...