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# Third Street Promenade gets ‘Winterlit’
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/third-street-promenade-gets-winterlit/
- Published: 2002-11-25T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T01:00:00.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Events, Promenade, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis on Saturday inaugurates a new tradition, throwing the switch for the first time on Winterlit, the new holiday lighting display running the entire length of the Third Street Promenade.

A native of Los Angeles, Curtis encouraged people to shop locally. Also sending the message to keep commerce in Santa Monica this holiday season were Mayor Pro Tem Kevin McKeown Designed by Steven Spielberg's art director, Ramsey Avery, Winterlit includes towering 18-foot tall illuminated trees, iceberg sculptures, ice shards dangling from light poles and a 30-foot high canopy of stars and lights.

Santa Monica Place also turned on lights at the façade of the Third Street entrance, lit a 30-foot tall Christmas tree and produced falling snowflakes at the mall’s entrance.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/2026/10/112502-04_01.jpg)

(Photo: Carolyn Sackariason/Daily Press)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 25, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/112502.pdf?ref=smdp.com)