KENSINGTON, Maryland — With the shared push of a button, Elder Gérald Caussé of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Mexican Ambassador Esteban Moctezuma Barragán turned on more than a half-million Christmas lights on the grounds of the Washington D.C. Temple .

The 48 th annual Festival of Lights kicked off on the evening of Tuesday, Dec. 2, with Elder Caussé welcoming representatives from nearly 50 different countries.

“The Church brings people together of different languages and cultures,” he said during the event. View Comments

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