ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.—With horse-drawn carriage bells jingling, trolley tours weaving, Christmas music ringing, and tourists singing, America’s oldest city lures visitors from across the globe to a holiday celebration featuring more than 3 million white lights plus a hidden red one if you can spot it.
St. Augustine’s Nights of Lights is an annual holiday festival, rooted in a Christmas tradition going all the way back to the city’s original Spanish founders. The celebration, running from mid-November to Jan. 11 this year, is said to be a nod to an old Spanish custom of placing a single white candle in a windowsill during Christmas to symbolize welcome and hope….