EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — For Highland Hills, an elaborate Christmas display outside the fire station wasn’t in the budget this year. Then, village officials learned about an unusual opportunity.

Savant Systems Inc., the owner of GE Lighting, was giving away its vast collection of holiday decorations at Nela Park in East Cleveland. After a century of light shows, the business no longer had the manpower or money to keep the annual installations going.

So Savant downsized the Nela Park light show dramatically – to a selfie station and a replica of the national Christmas tree, which GE Lighting sponsors each year. And the company opened up its huge warehouse to cities and nonprofits across the region, in hopes of keeping the spirit of the tradition alive – on a smaller scale, in new locations.

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