Press Release: The Department of Creative Industries is pleased to announce the Christmas Home and Business Lighting Competition 2025. We aim to evoke the spirit of the season through the creative and dazzling lighting display of our 2025 competitors. The Department encourages all interested Home and Business owners to register for the competition on or before Wednesday, December 17, 2025.

Registration Forms are available Mondays to Fridays, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Department of Creative Industries Headquarters on Old Parham Road, upstairs INET or the National Festivals Office, 1st Floor Cecil George-John Building, Redcliffe Street and Corn Alley.

Pre-judging will commence on December 20th and 21st December, 2025, while the final displays will be judged on December 28, 2025. Winners will be announced via Good Morning Antigua, Barbuda on Friday, January 5th, 2026.

Home entries will be categorized and judged according to the zones – East, West, North, and South. All Home participants will receive a 100% waiver on electricity service for December 15th 2025 to January 15th 2026, Duty-Free concessions on Christmas Lights and/or Decorations and a Cash component for the top three winners in each zone as outlined below.

• First Place – $3,000.00 XCD
• Second Place – $2,000.00 XCD
• Third Place – $1,000.00 XCD

Business entries will receive a 50% waiver on electricity service for December 2025, Duty-Free concessions on Christmas Lights and/or Decorations and a Cash component for the top three winners as outlined below.

• First Place – $3,000.00 XCD
• Second Place – $2,000.00 XCD
• Third Place – $1,000.00 XCD

Register now to be a part of the joy and splendor of Christmas 2025.

Wednesday 01st, October 2025 – St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda……

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