A holiday tradition is now up over Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando.

The Jack Kazanzas Star was raised Sunday morning at the intersection of Orange Avenue at Central Boulevard.

The tradition of the 600-pound golden star started in the 1950s when two competing department stores, Ivey’s on the east and Dickson & Ives on the west of Orange Avenue, joined together in 1955 to hang the Christmas star between the two.

In 1984, after the department stores had closed, Jack Kazanzas, a lifelong resident of Orlando, led a campaign to raise funds to replace the original Christmas star that had fallen into disrepair.