Background

The Uptown Ice Sculptures Display is an annual holiday tradition in Westerville, Ohio, organized by the Westerville Uptown Merchants Association as part of the 2025 Holidays in Uptown celebration.

More than 30 hand-carved, lighted ice sculptures—featuring holiday themes like nativity scenes, grandfather clocks, Christmas ornaments, and interactive cartoon figures with photo cutouts—are placed outside historic Uptown buildings, mainly along State Street and nearby areas, creating a free, self-guided walking tour.

The event opened on Friday, December 19, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. and continued through the weekend (until December 21), weather permitting, until the sculptures melt; it draws large crowds for shopping, dining, and festive illumination after dark.

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Impression

A unique way to use the weather of the season, showing ice carvings to celebrate the season or the business that contributed to the sponsorship of the event.

Check out these ice sculptures below!