Downtown Dayton is celebrating 45 years of the holiday season during the month-long Dayton Holiday Festival, presented by DP&L, which kicked off with the Grande Illumination and Dayton Children’s Parade Spectacular in Lights from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24, 2017. Courthouse Square was the center of the evening, full of family entertainment. TOM GILLIAM / STAFF PHOTO