An embodiment may include a stake with an elongated stake body that includes a stake top end, a stake bottom end, and a substantially rectangular portion with a width and a depth. The stake may further include an elongated transparent ornament window disposed within the stake body proximate to the stake top end which includes a portion extending at least the width and a portion extending less than the depth. The stake may further include an ornament disposed within the ornament window and an elongated illumination passage defined by the stake body that extends though the stake body from the stake top end to the ornament window. The illumination passage may have a portion abutting the ornament window having an area less than the area of the ornament window.