Nellis housing lit up for season

Nellis Air Force Base housing is lit up for the holiday season Dec. 17, 2012. Families around the base are decorating their homes to celebrate the holidays and the New Year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Caitlin Kenney)

Nellis Chapel ready for holidays

12/19/2012 - Staff Sgt. David Day, 99th Air Base Wing chaplain assistant and NCOIC of program support, lights the Advent candles at the chapel Dec. 19, 2012. The Nellis AFB Chapel holiday schedule is as follows: Protestant services include the Fourth Sunday of Advent service Dec. 23 at 8 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. and the Christmas Eve service Dec. 24 at 7 p.m. Catholic services include the Christmas Eve Mass Dec. 24 at 5 p.m., the Christmas Day Mass Dec. 25 at 9:45 a.m., the Mary Mother of God Mass Dec. 31 at 5 p.m., and the Sacrament of Reconciliation every Sunday from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

Operation Warmheart helps Nellis families

Master Sgt. Brian Noethlich, 57th Operations Group first sergeant, sorts gifts for Operation Warmheart Dec. 17, 2012 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Gifts were donated from the Nellis and Creech community to assist families that need a helping hand this holiday. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monet Villacorte)

Band of the Golden West performs at Nellis

Staff Sgt. Ronald Glenn, U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West member, provides holiday music using his saxophone Dec. 14, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Glenn and other band members travel during the holiday season, providing traditional holiday music classics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Tam)

Nellis lights up the holiday season

Col. Barry Cornish, 99th Air Base Wing commander, lights the Christmas tree and Hanukkah menorah with the help of children from the Nellis community at a ceremony Dec. 7, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The children sang Christmas carols with the chapel's Praise Service Worship Team prior to lighting the tree. (U.S. Air Force photos by Master Sgt. Jason W. Edwards)

Nellis lights up the holiday season

Howard Beckerman, a local community Jewish liaison to Nellis, talks about the history of Hanukkah and the significance of the menorah during the annual Tree and Menorah Lighting ceremony Dec. 7, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The menorah symbolizes the Jewish people's right to practice their religion freely, paralleling the founding principles of the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jason W. Edwards)