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Where To See Christmas Lights Displays In The Wiregrass Area -2019

November 28, 2019
Light up your Christmas with Macaroni Kid's Guide to the best holiday light displays in the Wiregrass and sounding areas.

There's nothing quite like a Christmas. Nothing says Christmas time quite like thousands of colorful lights coordinated to music, and the Wiregrass is home to several outstanding displays. If you're looking for some free and festive fun, enjoy some of Wiregrass's best Christmas light presentations!

Whether you prefer a sophisticated or a synchronized song-and-dance extravaganza, a walk-through or a drive-through experience, here the best Christmas light displays in Wiregrass and the sounding areas.  It just wouldn’t be Christmas time without viewing the twinkling lights with your family.


COTTONWOOD


COTTONWOOD - CELEBRITY STATION AMPHITHEATER @ Center Stage
EVERY THURS, FRI, SAT, & SUN NOVEMBER 28TH - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29TH
TIME: 6:00 PM - 10 PM (SHOW RESTARTS EVERY 25 MINUTES)
TICKETS: FREE

Our Amphitheater Christmas Light Show is back for 2019. This year's show was designed by Epic Light Shows and includes over 100,000 lights. The show is nothing short of epic and will be the best light show you will find in the Wiregrass Area.  New additions included 20-Foot Tall Mega Trees, a 24-foot video wall, bleachers for viewing, and many more additions. This is not a drive-by show. This is a Christmas show you will get out of your car to experience. The shows are FREE TO THE PUBLIC. The show begins at 6:00 and re-start every 25 minutes. Bring the kids to visit Santa every Friday & Saturday night beginning Friday, December 6th at our new Santa Selfie Station.  
The show will run every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night Thanksgiving - Sunday, December 29th.


DOTHAN

Christmas on Oakwood Lights Display

We are excited to announce that our lights to music display is up and going and will continue until December 31. We will be changing songs as the Christmas season goes. Here's what you need to know!! Tune in to 98.1 FM. Dim or turn your headlights off. Please do not block driveways or streets. Please don't litter. Give time for others behind you to enjoy the show.. you can come back as often as you'd like. Opens Nov. 22


Gardens A-Glow Christmas Lights @ Dothan Area Botanical Gardens

Enjoy the Christmas lights on display at the Gardens on the four Fridays between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The entire lighted trail is paved and wheelchairs, strollers, kids' wagons, and leashed dogs are welcome each night. Complimentary hot chocolate, coffee, cookies, and doggie treats available and Santa will be here, too! Admission is $5 per person and free for children under 5.


ENTERPRISE


Trawick's Christmas in the Woodlands

WE ARE OPEN! Let the Holiday Season begin! Sunday-Thursday 5:00-9:00 Friday-Saturday 5:00-10:00 Christmas in the Woodlands Opens Nov 15


WICKSBURG

Holiday Spectacular Park

Holiday Spectacular Park in Wicksburg, AL is the perfect place to enjoy the season. During the month of December each year, the park is open during the evening hours so that visitors can enjoy their spectacular light display and take in a host of other activities. This is a family-friendly park you will enjoy bringing your children to during their Christmas vacation from school because it is free from profanity, drugs, and alcohol.


TRAVEL WORTHY  in our Area

Andalusia - Christmas in Candyland

Join us every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in December on the Andalusia Square for Snow Machines, Custom build Candyland Cottages - amazing playhouses built just for kids, and other events. Friday from 5-7 pm, Saturday from 4-6 pm, and Sunday from 2-4 pm. Venture down East Three Notch Street for shopping and dining options and join us at Springdale on Ice, Candyland's newest attraction. There will be a winter skating rink and trackless train open Thursday - Sunday, Dec 1-20 and another Candyland Cottage Christmas Village


DeFuniak Spring - Christmas Reflections Light Up @ Lake DeFuniak
Celebrate the season of lights along the lake. Enjoy a holiday family tradition in DeFuniak Springs as the Lakeyard lights up with the annual Christmas Reflections displays. A variety of Victorian, animal, and toy soldier cutouts, Santa's workshop, the grandfather clock ticking away; and the real reason for the season, the Nativity Scene all surrounded by twinkling trees. More than 3 million lights reflect on to the lake glowing in holiday splendor. Opens Nov. 30


Montgomery - Christmas Lights Festival @ The Zoo
Christmas Lights Festival lights up all of the zoos and transforms it into a Winter Wonderful. See the Montgomery Zoo transformed into a Winter Wonderland sparkling with thousands of lights and festive decorations. Take a leisurely stroll, a brisk train ride or see the lights from atop the Zoofari Skylift Ride.
Opens Nov. 30

The Allison Christmas Spectacular 2018 
240 Sandy Creek Rd, Havana, Florida 32333 celebrating 11 years! Returning this year are 3 mega trees, 12 mini trees, 14 leaping arches, 102.5 FM WACS Radio, hundreds of strobes, and all of our previously featured dancing sequences. Due to the popularity of our 10th Year Celebration theme "Let There Be Light," we are continuing it again this year! We are again featuring over 200,000 lights, dancing to 6 songs this year! The NEW sequence for this year is Matt Riley's "Ode to Joy."
There is no charge to come see the lights, and the display is a drive-by. The lights will be displayed Thanksgiving through New Year's from 6-10 pm nightly.

Woodhams Christmas Lights

195 River Oaks Dr, Bainbridge, Georgia 39817 Free Christmas Lights Display - drive by or park on side of the road and walk along designated routes Nov 22 - Jan 5 



A little elf told me that Santa may be at some of the light shows, so be on the lookout for your perfect picture!





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