Warm, damp weather turns off Holiday Lights in the Park

Pioneer Press
Posted: 12/15/2014 12:01:00 AM CST
Updated: 12/15/2014 05:38:57 PM CST

The Holiday Lights in the Park display at St. Paul’s Phalen Park was canceled Monday night because of the continuing unseasonable warm and damp weather.

The St. Paul Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association, co-sponsors of the event with the St. Paul Police Foundation, said the humidity and condensation threatened to short out electrical connections, causing unsafe conditions.

“We’ve never been rained out before, this is a first for us,” Kate Kelly, executive director of the St. Paul Police Foundation, said in a press release. “But safety comes first and we have our fingers crossed that conditions will go back to normal so we can reopen (Tuesday) night.”

The drive-through light show is open nightly until Jan. 1. Proceeds from the 37-night event will go to the Union Gospel Mission, the St. Paul Police Foundation and the St. Paul Parks Conservancy. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to http://www.saintpaulpolicefoundation.com.