The Kerr County Lead

24/12/2024

Here you go! The winners and runner-ups of the 2024 Kerrville Public Utility Board (KPUB) Christmas Lights Tour! Another great year in the books. We encourage all of you to enjoy the Christmas Lights this year and we look forward to next year's displays. Merry Christmas.

We reached more than 600 homes and businesses and these were your favorites.

24/12/2024

Judi pioneered women’s surfing; winning the Texas State Surfing Championship in 1968 and 1969. She was also named the Texas State Champion in 1969 for the 3rd annual Pepsi State Championship. Judy went on to tour the U.S., giving surfing performances.

Judi was a pioneer for women’s surfing; winning the Texas State Surfing Championship in 1968 and 1969.

21/12/2024

And the category you've all been waiting for is BEST IN SHOW! Here are the nominees for the 2024 BEST IN SHOW sponsored by Kerrville Public Utility Board (KPUB). You have until Monday to cast your likes and loves!

21/12/2024

Thanks to the Kerrville Chamber of Commerce for sponsoring this category for best business. This is the first year we have tried capturing the businesses, and next year we'll focus more on this and some of the institutions in town. But here are our nominees:

21/12/2024

Uniquely Texan is a category in which we try to define the Texas spirit when it comes to Christmas lights. Some of it is using native plants or cactus, while some is in the lighting or decorations. It's a broad and large definition like the great state. This is sponsored by Rivenburgh Wine

21/12/2024

We begin today by sharing the nominees in Best Use of Architecture, sponsored by SLS Partnership. You have until Monday to cast your likes and loves in our Kerrville Public Utility Board (KPUB) Christmas Lights Tour.

21/12/2024

The crew at The Arcadia Live is finishing the year strong with the Blind Boys of Alabama performing a stirring show on Friday night.

21/12/2024

This is our last category of the night to post. We've got some more, including BEST OF SHOW, to post tomorrow. However, we love this category — BEST USE OF COLOR. Thanks to the Reasoners at Mattress World for sponsoring this category.

21/12/2024

Thanks to the generosity of reader Ken Harris, we have your nominees for Best Use of Whimsy for the 2024 Kerrville Public Utility Board (KPUB) Christmas Lights Tour.

21/12/2024

There's some terrific use of the classic white lights out there during the Kerrville Public Utility Board (KPUB) Christmas Lights Tour. Here are our nine nominees. You have until Monday night to give the best a like or a love.

21/12/2024

Thanks to Vecinos Cafe for sponsoring The Best Use of Nativity for a second consecutive year. Remember, love and like your favorites until Monday, when we announce the winner in our Kerrville Public Utility Board (KPUB) Christmas Lights Tour.

21/12/2024

They're a standard now in Christmas decorations — the inflatable. Here's our nominees for Best Use of Inflatables in the Kerrville Public Utility Board (KPUB) Christmas Lights Tour. You have until Monday to select your favorite with a like or a love!

20/12/2024

We're into this contest for the Trees and we've got plenty of outstanding examples of Best Use Of Trees in our Kerrville Public Utility Board (KPUB) Christmas Lights Tour! Here are our nominees and you have until Monday night to cast your votes.

20/12/2024

Here are our nominees for Best Use of Santa Claus in our Kerrville Public Utility Board (KPUB) Christmas Lights Tour! You have until Monday night to cast your likes and loves!

20/12/2024

Our first awards category is honoring the timeless Dr. Seuss character — Mr. Grinch. Here are the nominees in our Best use of the Grinch! You have until Monday night to love or like your favorite photo!

20/12/2024

After driving all over Kerr County, we're finally at the end of the 2024 Kerrville Public Utility Board Christmas Lights Tour, and now it's time to choose the winners of this year's contest.

The tour included photographing more than 600 homes and businesses across Kerr County. We know we couldn't reach every destination with lights this year, but we also visited places we've never stopped by before.

The beauty of this tour is that it should encourage you to get out and see the joy of the season, and you may have a favorite we missed. It's a lot of fun to put on some Christmas music and drive around a bit.

As usual, certain streets knocked it out of the park with their decorations. Some of those streets include the folks on Manor Drive, the neighborhood of Greenwood Forest, and the new Ridgeland community near Tivy High School and Peterson Middle School. There are also plenty of delightful light displays on Oak Hollow and in "The Woods."

We will select our winners by the number of likes and loves on each photo. We will begin posting the nominees tonight. We will cut off voting at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 23 and announce the winners via our website on Christmas Eve. The categories are:

Best of Show Sponsored by KPUB
Best use of the Nativity Sponsored by Vecino's
Most reverent
Best use of color Sponsored by Mattress World
Best use of whimsy Sponsored by Ken Harris
Best use of inflatables
Best use of white lights
Best use of Christmas Vacation Sponsored by George and Judy Eychner
Best use of the Grinch
Best use of Santa Claus
Uniquely Texan Sponsored by Kerrville Hills Winery
Best use of Architecture Sponsored by SLS Partnership
Best use of trees
And for 2024, we're adding a special category — Best Business Decorations sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.

We make our fourth annual tour of Christmas Lights across Kerr County.

20/12/2024

We wrap the 2024 season of The Lead Live with a thoughful discussion about the meaning of Christmas with Rev. Bert Baetz of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Rev. Monica O'Donnel of First United Methodist Church. We'll have a special musical performance. After today's show The Lead Live returns for its fifth season Jan. 6, 2025.

20/12/2024

We've gotten out to 609 homes for Christmas Lights this year for the 2024 Christmas Lights Tour sponsored by Kerrville Public Utility Board (KPUB). Here's our archive so far.

We make our fourth annual tour of Christmas Lights across Kerr County.