Those of us who live in a certain neighborhood of the Lincoln district know that for one month every year we won't have to worry about turning on our porch lights. If the street lamps should fail, well, that's not really of any concern. Say the moon itself were to pop out of the sky and go flying into space. No big deal. Because for a glorious 30 days every winter, we're able to bask in the glow of a house lit bright enough to make artificial sunshine. A sight so startling, it causes commuters to back up traffic as they sit in their cars and gape.

It wasn't always that way. A few years back, the charming old couple who lives in the place started to put out a few lights to decorate their home. The next year they added a few more, and the year after that -- again -- some more. At some point, however, they seem to have developed a kind of high tolerance for luminescence. And when that happened, the floodgates were open. What you see in these photos is the early December version of what, by Christmas day, will be a kind of multi-colored solar flare emanating from the front yard of their home.

It can really be a beautiful thing to behold, as anyone who sees it for the first time can tell you. And those of us who live here have accepted with pride this red and gold meteor which appears in our midst during every gloomy Northwest December.

Can you blame us? We may be the only block on earth entirely visible from space.

#localgem

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Hoy

27 dic. - 28 dic.

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28 dic. - 29 dic.

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2 ene. - 4 ene.

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9 ene. - 11 ene.

Nuestra selección de hoteles con estacionamiento en Central Park

Lobby

The Paramount Hotel

Centro de Portland

México

Anadaylis

$2,037 MXN en total

impuestos y cargos incluidos

28 dic. - 29 dic.

Exterior

Staypineapple, Hotel Rose, Downtown Portland

Centro de Portland

México

Gaby

$1,952 MXN en total

impuestos y cargos incluidos

18 ene. - 19 ene. 2026

Exterior

AC Hotel by Marriott Portland Downtown, OR

Centro de Portland

México

Hector Raul

$2,102 MXN en total

impuestos y cargos incluidos

2 ene. - 3 ene. 2026

2 restaurantes, se sirven desayunos, cenas y cocina americana

The Porter Portland, Curio Collection by Hilton

Centro de Portland

México

Luis

$2,795 MXN en total

impuestos y cargos incluidos

30 dic. - 31 dic.

Vista desde la propiedad

Courtyard by Marriott Portland City Center

Centro de Portland

México

Kerby

$1,944 MXN en total

impuestos y cargos incluidos

28 dic. - 29 dic.

Exterior

Hampton Inn & Suites Portland-Pearl District

Pearl District

México

jenny

$2,027 MXN en total

impuestos y cargos incluidos

6 ene. - 7 ene. 2026

Vista frontal de la propiedad por la tarde o noche

Hotel Lucia

Centro de Portland

México

Anayeli

$2,566 MXN en total

impuestos y cargos incluidos

6 ene. - 7 ene. 2026

Servicio de la propiedad

Moxy Portland Downtown

Centro de Portland

México

José

$2,051 MXN en total

impuestos y cargos incluidos

28 dic. - 29 dic.

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Holiday Inn Airport - Portland by IHG

Holiday Inn Airport - Portland by IHG

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