Springfield is a city in Massachusetts. It is home to the Basketball Hall of Fame and the Springfield Falcons hockey team. It has a notable history as the home to Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, and as the birthplace of that great American pastime, basketball, invented by James Naismith at Springfield College. It is also home to the western world's largest collection of Chinese cloisonné at the G.W. Vincent Smith Art Museum. With Hartford, Connecticut, greater Springfield constitutes New England's Knowledge Corridor.
A major cultural attraction during the Christmas season is Bright Nights. The trees of Forest Park are decorated with lights in the form of various characters (including some from the works of Springfield native Dr. Seuss) and scenes, some of which are animated. Tourists form a line to drive their cars along a meandering path through the park.