The 24th annual Festival of Lights at The Mission Inn in Riverside kicked off on Friday night with 4.5 million twinkling lights being switched on and a huge fireworks show.

Here are photos of the event, which runs nightly through January 7.

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Here is video of the moment the lights were turned on:

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If you go, the Press Enterprise has a pretty solid list of what you need to know about the event.