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We're No. 4!

| December 18, 2014 8:00 PM

The Coeur d'Alene Resort Holiday Light Show has been voted the No. 4 best public lights display in America by USA TODAY.

"This is quite an honor for Coeur d'Alene," said Jerry Jaeger, president and co-owner of Hagadone Hospitality Co. "Our holiday spirit makes our town a destination that ranks at the top with some of the biggest cities in America."

The designation was announced this week as part of the 10Best Readers' Choice Awards.

"The competition was intense, starting with 20 nominees selected by Deborah Norville of Inside Edition," USA TODAY said in a statement.

"The Holiday Light Show has become an amazing tradition," said Capt. Carl Fus, head of Lake Coeur d'Alene Cruises, which stages the Journey to the North Pole cruise to see the light show. "It's really great that we now have parents who were taken to the North Pole by their moms and dads who are now bringing their own kids."

10Best provides "original, unbiased and experiential travel information about top destinations in the U.S. and around the world."

"Our readers are well-informed, well-traveled and opinionated," said John Peters, president of USA TODAY Travel Media Group. "A destination which finds itself the recipient of a 10Best Readers' Choice Award has really accomplished something."

Here is the full list of winners

1. Festival of Lights - Mission Inn Hotel & Spa

2. Nights of Lights - Downtown St. Augustine

3. Holiday Festival of Lights - James Island

4. Holiday Light Show - The Coeur d'Alene Resort

5. Fantasy in Lights - Callaway Gardens

6. Magic Christmas in Lights - Bellingrath Gardens

7. Christmas on Main Street - Silver Dollar City

8. Dominion Garden of Lights - Norfolk Botanical Garden

9. Garden Lights - Atlanta Botanical Garden

10. Legendary Lights of Clifton Mill - Clifton Mill

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