01 · Identity
Keep the business recognizable
Use lighting to frame the property while preserving the signs and architectural features customers already know.
Completed Peak Lights project · Peterborough, New Hampshire
Holiday lighting at Peterboro Diner in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
Peak Lights has lit Peterboro Diner every holiday season since 2024. The completed display combines multicolor roofline and facade lighting with illuminated mature trees and warm-white trunk wraps.
Completed Peak Lights installation. Photo by Geoffrey Settles Photography.
A returning holiday project
A recognizable diner, lit for the season.
The lighting follows the building's street-facing outline and carries the multicolor palette into the surrounding trees. Warm-white trunk wraps add contrast at the sidewalk while the diner sign remains clearly visible.
- Multicolor roofline and facade lighting
- Illuminated mature tree canopies
- Warm-white trunk wraps
- A coordinated street-facing display
Before and during the season
The diner before the lights, and after Christmas arrives.
A daytime view shows Peterboro Diner before its seasonal display. A second photograph captures a personal holiday visit by the Peak Lights owner's parents after the property was lit for Christmas.
A New Hampshire landmark
A local connection to Peterboro Diner.
Peterboro Diner is Worcester Lunch Car No. 827, a historic green-and-cream diner that has stood at Depot Square since about 1949–50. In 2024, Melanie Neily and business partners Greg and Krystal Sherwin took ownership as the diner marked 75 years at its present location. Neily moved to Peterborough from Litchfield, where Peak Lights is based, in September 2023. That gives this recurring holiday project an especially local connection.
Owner review
“People came from all over to be dazzled by these lights!”
Melanie Neily, Peterboro Diner co-owner
Reported community reach
The display traveled beyond Depot Square.
A February 2025 Monadnock Ledger-Transcript profile reported that images of the Diner's Christmas lighting received 22,000 views, compared with roughly 2,400 Instagram followers at the time.
Read the local profileCommercial project planning
Build the display around how the property is seen and used.
A commercial holiday display should support the property’s identity, customer approach, operating needs, and safe seasonal service access.
02 · Arrival
Design for the street and entry
Prioritize the roofline, facade, mature trees, and other features that shape the customer approach.
03 · Season
Plan service from the start
The approved scope can include installation, ordinary in-season maintenance, takedown, labeling, and organized storage.
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Questions about this completed display.
Who lights Peterboro Diner for Christmas?
Peak Lights has lit Peterboro Diner in Peterborough, New Hampshire, every holiday season since 2024.
What lighting is included in the Peterboro Diner display?
The completed display combines multicolor roofline and facade lighting, illuminated mature tree canopies, and warm-white trunk wraps. The diner sign remains visible from the street.
Can another restaurant request a holiday lighting design from Peak Lights?
Yes. Peak Lights considers qualified commercial properties across its Southern New Hampshire service area. A property-specific design and price are discussed during a free on-site consultation. Explore restaurant lighting or request an estimate.
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