HERSHEY, Pa. (ThrillNetwork.com) -- This year marks the 20th Anniversary of Christmas in Hershey. To celebrate the occasion, the town is debuting Hershey Sweet Lights: A Holiday Drive Through Spectacular, which shimmers with more than 1 million lights that create nearly 600 enchanting displays in 200 holiday scenes. The displays have been created by Midwest Displays of Marion, IN.

Thirteen of the light displays have been designed by local students and built especially for Hershey Sweet Lights; the displays will be donated back to the schools at the conclusion of the event, which runs November 14- January 3, 2004.

Twenty-eight schools submitted a total of 580 entries; from those entries, thirteen individual winners were chosen to have their designs created for Hershey Sweet Lights.

The youngest winner is Meredith Spicher, age 7 and a second grade student at Belleville Mennonite School in Bellville, PA. Other elementary winners include: Jesse Stevenson, age 8, 3rd grade, Hershey Elementary School, Hershey, PA; Katye Trexler, age 9, grade 3, Holy Name of Jesus School, Harrisburg, PA; and Matthew Guise, age 10, 4th grade, St. Joseph School, Mechanicsburg, PA.

Middle School winners include: Ashley Wright, age 11, grade 6, Mechanicsburg Middle School, Mechanicsburg, PA; Ellie Tomaszewski, age 11, grade 6, Saint Monica Catholic School, Sunbury, PA; Brooke Denlinger, age 12, grade 6, Landisville Intermediate Center (Hempfield School District), Landisville, PA; Cierra Humphrey, age 12, grade 7, St. Joseph School, Danville, PA; Katie Weaver, age 13, grade 8, Eastern Lebanon County Middle School, Myerstown, PA; and Norah Brennan, age 13, grade 8, Holy Name of Jesus School, Harrisburg, PA.

Winners from the Senior High include: Lindsey Proctor, age 14, grade 9, Proctor Home School, Carlisle, PA; anonymous student, age 16, Cornell Abraxas Learning Center, South Mountain, PA; and Stephanie Pieruccini, age 17, grade 12, Milton Hershey School, Hershey, PA.

In addition to seeing the beautiful displays, guests will hear the sounds of the holiday season by tuning into a radio broadcast that includes favorite holiday songs. A special treat is “Where’s Rudolph?,” designed for children to search for hidden “Rudolph” characters throughout the displays.

 Hershey Sweet Lights is just part of the fun during the Christmas in Hershey celebration. World-class theme park Hersheypark transforms into Hersheypark Christmas Candylane, an enchanted winter wonderland. And, both The Hotel Hershey and Hershey Lodge offer an array of activities and accommodation packages. For additional information, please call 1-800-HERSHEY or visit www.HersheyPA.com.