Why Prescott? Because it’s one of the few Arizona towns where you can wear a flannel and not sweat through it. At about 5,400 feet, you get a real autumn. Crisp mornings, pine in the air. It’s an easy break from the Phoenix heat haze, and about as far from a mall food court as you can get. The Main Event: Light Up the Season Prescott calls itself Arizona’s Christmas City, and it means it. The county’s Courthouse Plaza calendar has a Holiday Light Parade on November 28, 6 to 8 PM. That’s the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend. Back in 2022 it was described as 35 to 40 lit-up floats, free, right at Courthouse Square. Good way to work off the pie. Stand out in the cold with something hot in your hand and cheer for a giant snowman float. Heads-up, though. The big Courthouse Lighting isn’t this weekend. The county calendar puts the 45th Annual Christmas Parade and 72nd Courthouse Lighting on December 5, so there’s your excuse for a second trip. Past years say it’s worth it. More tha...