Many of the festivities surrounding the Merry & Bright Christmas Downtown will be held in Parc International which will be converted into the "North Pole of Downtown" from December 6-January 5. The parc will be decorated and bedazzled with a 24-foot tall Official Christmas Tree of Lafayette, giant ornaments big enough to walk through, a live Christmas tree grove, 2,000 feet of string lights, and an assortment of other Christmas decorations.