ORLANDO, Fla. — A holiday tradition will return to downtown Orlando on Sunday.
Crews will be out early to raise the Jack Kazanzas Star 50 feet over Orange Avenue.
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The 600-pound golden star symbolizes the start of the holiday season in downtown Orlando.
It will be hung at the intersection of Orange Avenue and Central Boulevard.
The more than 60-year-old tradition started in 1955 when two competing department stores joined together to hang the Christmas star between the two.
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After the department stores closed in 1984, Jack Kazanzas, a lifelong resident of Orlando, led a campaign to raise funds to replace the original Christmas star, which had fallen into disrepair.
In 2010, the city rewired the star which is now made up of more than 4,000 LED lights.
Road closures are planned for the installation of the star on Orange Avenue from Central Boulevard to Pine Street.
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