The Jack Kazanzas Star will once more hang proudly across Orange Ave. in Downtown Orlando, kicking off this year's holiday season. The holidays are coming! An Orlando holiday tradition, the raising of the Jack Kazanzas Star 50 feet over Orange Avenue will take place on the morning of Sunday, November 23 at 8 am. The more than 50-year tradition of raising the 600-pound golden star started in the 1950s. Since then, the Star has come to symbolize the start of the holiday season