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Find Your Holiday Spirit at Thses Holiday Light Displays

November 22, 2023 By Lisa Grigsby

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Get ready for a magical experience this holiday season! You can now enjoy stunning holiday lights from the comfort of your car with our drive-through light displays. These Christmas light displays are the perfect way to get into the holiday spirit and create lasting memories with your loved ones. Simply drive through the enchanting displays and immerse yourself in the festive atmosphere. Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind experience!

Dynamite Dreams Farm

7495 State route 122 West, Eaton Ohio 45320

6-9pm thru Dec 17th
Walk Through

Free with donation of a new toy for local kids

Christmas Wonderland

Montgomery County Fairgrounds
645 Infirmary Road, Dayton, OH 45417

M-F:  6-10pm
Sat-Sun:  6-10pm or later
Including Holidays (Rain or Shine)
Buy online: $29.95/car, $59.95 Vans, Express ticket +$20- go straight to the front of the line

Immerse yourself in the magic of the season as you journey through the custom-built light display synchronized to Christmas melodies for the comfort of your own car.

ParkLights at Caesar Ford Park

520 S Stringtown Rd,
Xenia, OH 45385

FREE event and runs the entire month of December from 6 – 9 pm each night

Caesar Ford Park will be transformed into a winter wonderland with over 110 LED light displays covering a mile long driving path. This year’s event allows you to get into the holiday spirit, right from the safety of your own car! Enjoy everything from Santa’s rock band to the woodland creatures area to the North Pole amusement park and more. Tune your radio station to 106.5 FM for some festive holiday music as you make your way through this holiday event.

Holiday In Lights

Sharon Woods 11355 Swing Rd, Sharonville

6 PM-9 PM Sunday-Thursday       5:30 PM-10 PM Friday & Saturday.    $15 carload
Charming light show is built over a mile of wooded roadway, the only drive-through light show through the woods of a beautiful Hamilton County park! The holiday-themed displays showcase everything from Santa Claus and his elves, to every animal on the ark.

Holiday Lights

Lost Creek Reserve 2385 East State Route 41, Troy

Be transported into a winter wonderland filled with over 50 animated light displays.The 1.25-mile driving tour takes you through the woods, down charming farm lanes and past the historic Knoop Homestead aglow with lights.
$10/car load Cash only

Land of Illusion Christmas Glow

8762 Thomas Rd, Middletown

Open 6pm to 10pm through Dec 30th    $7
Closed November 30th, December 1st, December 2nd and Christmas Day

Celebrate the season at The Christmas Glow, over 3.8 million lights at the 2-mile long Christmas Around the World drive-thru experience, visit Santa at the Christmas Village Santa Workshop or just take in the majestic lights of the 45-foot Christmas Tree as you and yours warm by the gas fire pits.

 

Light Up Middletown

Smith Park Tytus Avenue just off Verity Parkway – SR4, Middletown

Open Every Night Thanksgiving Through New Year’s Eve  6:00 PM – 10: 00 PM – Open in all weather & Holidays

Admission by cash donation – you set the price!

The Gift of Lights at the Christmas Ranch

3205 S. Waynesville Road
Morrow, OH 45152

$37 carload/$47 for oversized van (10+ passengers) Free Parking
A walk through experience whimsical place with 1 Million dancing christmas lights synchronized to holiday music. Friday, Nov. 17 – Saturday, Dec. 23

Six Christmas Shops –  We have everything you need to make the holiday season a special one and our Christmas shops are waiting for you!

Santa’s Bakery & Cafe – You will work up an appetite when you stroll through The Christmas Ranch!

Pictures With Santa – Capture the perfect Christmas Memory with an iconic picture of you and Santa!

Train and Wagon Rides – Riders will be taken on a night time ride around the village while viewing the dazzling lights and the aroma of Christmas in the air!

The Legendary Lights of Clifton Mill

75 Water St, Clifton, OH 45316

Gates open every day at 5 pm, lights come on at 6 pm. Gates close at 9 pm; lights go off 30 minutes after gates close.  Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, hours are 6-8pmMon – Wed $10, Thurs – Sun $15, Children 3 and under get in Free! Parking is free

This  light display is one of the country’s finest with over 3.5 million lights illuminating the mill, the gorge, the riverbanks, trees, and bridges. There is even a 100-foot “waterfall” of twinkling lights. The flip of one switch turns all the lights on at once transforming night into a fantastical winter wonderland

 

Whispering Christmas

Fort Saint Clair Park 135 Camden Road, Eaton

6-10pm nightly. FREE

There is so much to see and enjoy at Whispering Christmas!  2020 marks our 34th Season of Whispering Christmas, featuring a spectacular drive-thru lights display with close to 2 million lights!

 

A little further away:

 

Coney Island Christmas Nights of Lights

6201 Kellogg Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45230
(513) 232-8230

Dusk until 10pm  through Jan. 9, 2021.

Experience this amazing light show synchronized to both traditional and rocking holiday music through your car radio. Visitors of all ages will be awed by the larger-than-life trees, glowing snowflakes, dancing candy canes and fantastic tunnels of lights!  In the warmth of your own car, you can sing along to the sounds of the season synchronized to each holiday display.

With two and a half miles to drive through, your family can see displays and light shows made of over a million lights driven by more than forty thousand computer channel

 General admission for Christmas Nights of Lights is $7 per person (children 3 and under free). Tickets can be purchased at the gate upon arrival. Ticket is valid for one person on day of visit through January 9, 2021.

 

Pyramid Hill Lights

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, 1763 Hamilton Cleves Road, Hamilton, OH.

Hours are 6-9 pm Tuesday – Thursday and 6-10 pm Friday-Sunday through Jan. 3.

This is not only an incredible lights display, it’s also in an amazing, one-of-a-kind park. Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum is an outdoor gallery on a monumental scale. Holiday Lights on the Hill is two miles of dazzling lights displays at one of Cincinnati’s most beautiful locations.

$25/carload for non-members & $15/carload for park members
FREE for City of Hamilton residents on Tuesday nights! Please bring a valid driver’s license, utility bill, or government issued ID with 45011, 45013, or 45015 to show at entrance.

Butch Bando’s Fantasy of Lights

311 South Old State Rd, Delaware, OH 43015

Open through New Year’s Day, 7 days a week
Sun – Thurs 5:30 – 9pm, Fri & Sat 5:30  – 10pm

This drive-thru holiday light experience will cover Alum Creek State Park with LED lights.

Cars will cost $23.37  Monday through Thursday, and $33.87 Friday through Sunday. For pricing of larger vehicles, please click here.

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About Lisa Grigsby

Lisa Grigsby is a Special Events Director with over thirty years experience in promotions, event coordination and public relations.

Owning Jokers Comedy Cafe for 20 years taught Lisa to maintain a sense of humor under pressure. She credits Leadership Dayton for exposing her to the amazing assets of the region and Clothes That Work for being her reason she stayed in Dayton. Her proudest accomplishment as a past president of the Miami Valley Restaurant Association was creating Restaurant Week, a twice a year tradition that continues to grow and benefit local charities as well. As a foodie, it's only natural that she continues to promote local restaurateurs with DaytonDining.

As a Dayton Catalyst, her desire to have ONE community calendar and advocate for the amazing assets of the region helped create the vision for the relaunch of DaytonMostMetro, now Dayton 937.com


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