This season, the holiday lights show at the Morton Arboretum returns in its usual format: a milelong trek, outdoors, through trees awash in color. The way it was meant to be, its designer says.
A cluster of large disco balls are the centerpiece of Woodland Wonder at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
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Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Lights brighten the walkway at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Part of the Illumination holiday display can be seen from across the lake at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle.
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Snowflakes are projected on the ground near the visitors center at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
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Woodland Wonder is the first stop at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Woodland Wonder is the first stop at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Woodland Wonder is the first stop at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Lights brighten the walkway at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Symphony Forest has streaming lights on the ground at Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Families can use fire pits along the route at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
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Ornament Hill at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
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Overhead lighting starts the one-mile walk at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
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Ornament Hill can be seen through the huge Hallow sculpture at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
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People stroll under overhead ornaments at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
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Golden Glade is a field of lights at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
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Treemagination has changing projections on large pine trees at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Treemagination has changing projections on large pine trees at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Treemagination has changing projections on large pine trees at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Winter Radiance at Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Winter Radiance at Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
John Starks | Staff Photographer