From South Anchorage to Port of Alaska, colourful Christmas lights and decorations are shining brightly round Anchorage for the vacations, withstanding heavy winds, snow and frigid temperatures.
Individuals stand close to the Christmas tree at City Sq. Park in downtown Anchorage after taking photos on winter solstice, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (Invoice Roth / ADN)
A cross-country skier passes vacation ornaments on a tree alongside the Hillside Ski Trails in Anchorage on December 22, 2022. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Scenes of a toy village are partially seen inside a frosty show field exterior a house in Anchorage on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Santa Claus waves from his seat exterior a embellished house in South Anchorage on Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
An outsized decoration, embellished with colourful lights, hangs from a tree exterior a house in Anchorage on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Christmas tree lights are displayed excessive from a crane on the Port of Alaska on December 20, 2022. (Marc Lester / ADN)
Christmas timber of varied sizes and colours are on show exterior a house in Anchorage on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Outsized bulbs cling from a tree exterior a embellished home in Anchorage on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
An inflatable Grinch ornament hangs from a wreath on the storage of a embellished house in Anchorage on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
A tall tree is embellished with lights exterior a house in South Anchorage on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
The antlers of a wood moose are embellished with colourful lights beneath layers of snow exterior a house in Anchorage on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN)