Ulverston Town Council spends a minimum of £20,000 per year on the town Christmas lights, which is the cost of putting them up and down and maintaining them. This includes the town Christmas tree, which is put up every year at Market Cross. The Christmas lights are traditinally switched on by the Mayor each year on the first day of the Dickensian festival at the end of November.

The Council also puts up the town bunting, which decorates the streets from May until September.