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QUINCY, ILL. -- The city of Quincy is getting into the holiday spirit.

Monday, volunteers with the Historic Quincy Business District began assembling decorations that will take center stage in Washington Park next week. These boxes will soon take the shape of Christmas gifts, a new addition to the park's holiday lighting display.

Travis Brown with the Historic Quincy Business District says last year, the lights were geared more toward pedestrian traffic and became somewhat controversial when more of the park's trees weren't illuminated.

This year, you'll be able to spot the decorations no matter where you are within the park, day or night.

"We've got a really big tree, 16 to 18 feet tall, that's going to come, and we've constructed some really large boxes that we painted to look like presents. So it'll kind of look like a huge Christmas tress and all the presents underneath it, right in the middle of the fountain," said Brown.

Brown says Washington Park will officially light up the day after Thanksgiving.