The cold zephyr blew through the air as Judy stood to the right of her fox, gazing out at the unlit house in the middle of the cul-de-sac. While the other smaller houses surrounding it were already dazzling in the darkness with their share of Christmas lights, this one had yet to join in on sending the holiday spirit through the neighborhood.

Just like he did every year around this time, Nick had taken the bunny around the different neighborhoods to look at the decorations that the jolly mammals of Zootopia placed outside their homes. This time, however, he decided that he would take her on a trip to one that she had never seen before.

The house the two of them were standing a good distance away from was one where one of Nick's old friends lived with his family. Judy heard that he did more than a fair job when it came to decorating for the holiday, and she couldn't wait to see this display for herself.

"Sure the lights are about to start any moment now," Nick said to her.

Judy smiled back at the fox. Just as she turned her attention back towards the house, its front lawn illuminated back a singular front-porch light, the cougar that lived there appeared out in the driveway.

"Ready for the show, you two?" he called out from where he was standing.

"We sure are!" Nick called back enthusiastically, with Judy whooping excitedly shortly after him.

"Can we get a countdown, guys?" inquired the vulpine's good cougar friend.

"Three… two… one…" cheered the fox and rabbit in unison, as if they were counting that they did when ringing in a new year.

The feline in the driveway pressed the button on the small remote he had in his paw, and the house suddenly bursted with luminosity.

Judy's eyes glowed in wonder as she looked back at the house. "Wow…"

A merry tune rung our across a speaker that was outside in the yard, and with that the strands of lights on the roof of the house started to dance in sync with it. Around the windows and bushes surrounding the place, flashes of festive red and green twinkled to life. Inflatables of Santa and snowmammals started to fill with air, a tree made out of light strands not too far away from them.

The thing that stuck out to Judy as the most beautiful portion of the display was on the right side of the house. Near the closed garage door were strings of lights that hung down where they were placed like a curtain. The lights shimmered from top to bottom with the most wintery shade of blue, A sculpture of an blowing a trumpet placed directly in front of them.

The cougar who had put up this display made his way through his yard, careful not to mess anything up in his display, and made his way over to where Nick and Judy were standing. There was barely any spots upon his lawn that didn't have a dash of something that gave off Christmas cheer.

Looking over at the him, Nick said, "Zach, when you told me that you were getting even more lights than you had last year, I knew we were gonna see something pretty impressive."

"Well," Zach responded, "if it's got the seal of approval from Nicholas Wilde, then I'd say I did a successful job. You two are the first mammals to see the display before anybody else does."

"And it's an honor," Nick remarked wittily, returning his attention to the lights as they continue to flicker in rhythm with the Christmas carols playing. "So, Zach, I hear that you're gonna be putting on light shows for folks that come around here."

"Yep," the cougar answered. "Since everyone around the area says that this neighborhood's got the most Christmas spirit, I figured I'd join in a little more than I did before. To be honest, this isn't even all of what I had in mind."

"Are you kidding?" Judy chimed in with disbelief. "It's amazing just the way it is."

With a shrug of his shoulders, Zach replied, "They so go big or go home, right? Got even more light-up decorations to place in some of the bare spots of the yard. Oh, and I got a red mailbox that's supposed to where letters to Santa Claws are placed. Matter of fact, I'm gonna head in and get some of that stuff out from storage."

The feline made his way back into his house and away from the cold winter night. Meanwhile, the fox and rabbit, bundled in their warm gloves and coats, looked out at the rest of the light show together.

"What do you think?" Nick asked.

"It's beautiful," the doe to his right replied, still taking in the gleaming sight.

"Yeah," responded the vulpine, "but not as beautiful as the eyes of the bunny standing next to me."

It might have sounded corny coming from him them, but it was one-hundred percent the truth. Those amethyst eyes shined brighter to him than any Christmas light in the city ever could, and that smile she wore just now could warm anyone's spirits.

With that, Nick bent down and gave his bunny a gentle kiss. Dearly holding onto each other's paw, the two watched until the lights all faded into darkness, giving them applause before the brightness of them returned.

Author's Note: Hey there, readers! It's about time that I got into the holiday spirit with some new Christmas stories about our favorite fox and rabbit. For a little bit of time, I wasn't sure what exactly I was going to come up with for the approaching holidays. This one quickly came to mind the other day, though, and I knew I had to get it out. Always love going to see the light displays people put out for the holidays, so this was inspired by that a little bit.

I know this one wasn't as great as some of the other holiday stories that I've done in the past, but I hope it was still an enjoyable read. As always, your feedback, whether good or bad, is always gladly appreciated.

'Til next time, everyone! :)