It’s not too early to think about the Christmas season.

That’s why organizers of the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa Festival of Lights have already announced when this year‘s extravaganza will kick off.

The lights will go on Saturday, Nov. 22 — once again on the weekend before Thanksgiving .

The holiday tradition — back for its 33rd installment — will run in and around the downtown Riverside hotel until Jan. 6.

It all begins with the 5 p.m. switch-on ceremony, which includes the turning on of more than 10 million lights adorning the Mission Inn plus a concert.

This will mark the third time the festival has begun the weekend before Thanksgiving after decades of launching the day after Thanksgiving.

The show will include a performance by Matt Mauser and the Tijuana Dogs , a news r

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