During the holidays Indianapolis comes to life with festive activities to enjoy with family and friends. The always popular Circle of Lights® presented by The Contractors of Quality Connection and Electrical Workers of IBEW 481 will light up Monument Circle, with its 4,784 multi-colored lights, in Mid Nov and it will stay decorated until the first of the year.

A favorite destination of ours if the Indianapolis Zoo, which is transformed into a winter wonderland with one million lights and 150 holiday sculptures for Kroger Christmas at the Zoo & Indiana Rail Road Co. presents Holiday Trainland from the end of Nov. to the end of Dec. If you love history check out several of Indy’s historical landmarks that are exhibiting their holiday cheer. The James Whitcomb Riley Home displays traditional décor of a Victorian Christmas beginning in Mid Nov.

The President Benjamin Harrison Home will host a Family Christmas at the President’s House on in Mid Dec. Continue your celebration of the holidays with the holiday home tour with Christmas at the Lilly House, on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Decorations adorn the interior and exterior of the historic residence the entire month of December. On the lighter side, check out the Leg Lamp from A Christmas Story at the Indiana Historical Society’s Holidays in the Heartland.

Home goods retailer Williams-Sonoma Inc reported a decline in its holiday same-store sales on Tuesday and gave a weak outlook for the current quarter and upcoming fiscal year, sending its shares down 15 percent in premarket trade. The owner of the Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn and West Elm chains said sales at stores open at least a year fell 0.4 percent in the nine weeks ended Dec. 30, hurt by weak demand for home furnishings. Net revenue for the period rose to $1.02 billion from $977.8 million a year earlier, but the increase was less than expected. Williams-Sonoma, which said the weakness has continued into January, cut its outlook for its fourth quarter, which ends on Feb. 3.

It now expects earnings of $1.11 to $1.14 per share on revenue of $1.36 billion to $1.39 billion. Analysts on average were expecting $1.20 per share on revenue of $1.39 billion, according to Reuters Estimates, based on the company’s prior forecast for earnings of $1.19 to $1.25 per share on revenue of $1.39 billion to $1.42 billion. For the next fiscal year, the company said it expected net earnings per share to decline at a mid-to-high single-digit percentage rate, with net revenue flat to down in the low single digits.