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Winter Lights' Festival, Seneca State Park
11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MarylandDecember 3, 2011 - January 1, 2012
Sun-Thurs 6-9 pm, Fri- Sat 6-10 pm
Closed Mondays and Christmas
$12 per car Monday-Thursday, $15 per car Friday - Sunday.
$2 discount coupons available (valid Tues-Thurs only)
Winter Lights features more than 380 illuminated vignettes and 65 animated displays in a 3.5 mile drive through beautiful Seneca Creek State Park.
Theme areas include Winter Woods, Teddy Bear Land, Victorian Village, North Pole, Toyland, and Penguin Cove.
Winterfest of Lights - Ocean City, Maryland
Northside Park 127th Street BaysideNovember 17, 2011 - January 1, 2012
Visit the Winterfest Village and browse the Yukon Cornelius Gift Shop, enjoy a cup of hot chocolate and take the 10 minute train ride around the display of thousands of Holiday Lights.
Sun-Thurs 5:30-9:30 pm, Fri-Sat 5:30-10:30 pm
Train ride - $4 for over 10 years old, free to all others.
The Winterfest Village will be located inside a heated tent festively decorated for the holidays.
Santa is on hand every night until December 23 to receive your children's holiday wish list and have his picture taken.
Avenue of Trees on Baltimore Avenue: from 15th to 32nd Streets
Downtown Inlet: parking lot light display has been limited and downsized.
The Garden of Lights - Brookside Gardens,
1800 Glenallan Ave,Wheaton, MarylandNovember 25, 2011 to January 9, 2012 (Closed Dec 24-25, Jan 2-5)
5:30 to 9:00pm (last car admitted at 8:30pm)
Cars/Vans Mon-Thurs $20, Fri-Sun $25(cash only)
No entry for pedestrian"Had a blast and was awed by walking thorough the lights." View photos of Holly's 1/2/09 visit. View Holly's YouTube video playlist.
An Illuminated Outdoor Winter Garden Walk - Bringing the four seasons to life with more than 700,000 colorful lights
shaped in imaginative displays of giant summer sunflowers, falling autumn leaves, winter snowflakes, spring flowers, rain showers, and more.
Train Exhibit- North House Winter Display Hotline: (301) 962-1453
Winter Festival of Lights
- Watkins Regional Park"So many lights, you need to drive through twice, to see it all."
Winter Festival of Lights is Prince George's County, Maryland's spectacular drive-through Christmas light display
featuring more than a million twinkling lights. Canned food drive. Info: 301-699-2456
View Holly's YouTube video playlist from my Dec. 27, 2010 visit.
Other Large Light Shows
3001 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC.
December 16- January 1 (November 25-December 11, Fri-Sun only)
5:00-9:00 p.m.
Parking $9 FONZ, $12 non-FONZ
The National Zoo presents a seasonal display of thousands of sparkling animated lights, winter-themed crafts,
ice sculpting demonstrations, choral groups, and storytellers.
View photos from Holly's 2007 visit.
2.5-mile drive-through holiday light show at Bull Run Regional Park
featuring penguins, snowmen, candy canes,
jumping deer, Santa's workshop, Frosty the Snowman, tin soldiers, elves
and Santa.
Santa's Enchanted Lights are done by #23 on the list.
Hotline: (703) 359-4633
View photos of Holly's 11/25/2010 visit
November 21, 2011 to January 1, 2012 (closed Dec. 31)
6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m., including holidays
$20 per car.
$5 off coupon. (Valid Mon-Thurs only)
Symphony of Lights is a spectacular drive-through display of more than 75
animated and stationary holiday lights.
All proceeds from the Symphony of Lights
benefit the services of Howard County General Hospital.
December 2, 2011- January 1, 2012
Dusk to 10 p.m. nightly. Nativity scene is open 6 to 9 p.m.
Live musical
performances 7-8 p.m.(tickets required)
FREE!!! 301-587-0144
The church and its surrounding grounds shine brightly with more than 450,000 sparkling Christmas lights.
Each night, a different local musical group performs a live concert in a state-of-the-art theater.
November 19, 2011 to January 2, 2012, 5-10 pm
Exit 32 off U.S.Route 50 near the Bay Bridge
$14 per car
Drive-thru animated light displays with an Eastern shore flavor sponsored by the Anne Arundel Medical Center.
Drive along the shore of the Chesapeake Bay and see more more than 70 illuminated and animated displays illuminating the roadway.
Hotline: (410) 481-3161 -- See local merchants for $2 discount coupons valid Monday-Thursday, except holidays.
View photos of Holly's 12/11/2010 visit. View Holly's YouTube video playlist from 2010 visit.
December 1, 2011 - January 1, 2012
FREE...
The National Christmas Tree and the Pathway of Peace is illuminated each evening after the lighting ceremony on Dec. 1st - dusk to 11pm.
Seasonal displays include Santa's workshop, a Yule log, a large-scale model train and a Christmas manger.
Musical performances choirs and dancers, nightly on the Ellipse stage Mon-Fri 6-8:30pm, Sat-Sun, 4-8:30pm (202) 208-1631
November 18, 2011 - January 8, 2012
$25.00-35.00
Explore a walk-through winter wonderland carved entirely of ice... the East Coast premiere of the celebrated holiday attraction (daily hours will vary).
Featuring DreamWorks' Merry Madagascar - Purchase tickets online or call (301) 965-4000
Lighting ceremony Dec 3.
You stroll down Chestnut Avenue, and take a left on 34th Street, and suddenly evening turns to almost day.
The houses are lit, and the street is bustling with people. Maybe it's tacky, but you have to admire the spirit of the folks on 34th Street, who have been doing this for years.
Everyone should see this at least once. Favorites include the Christmas tree made of hubcaps, and the sleigh pulled by eight crabs, all carrying tins of Old Bay.
Oh, did I mention, all the homes are townhomes?...Website: http://www.christmasstreet.com/
2011-Picked as one of ten best by msn.com
November 11, 2011 - January 8, 2012
Sun-Thurs until 10:00 pm, Fri-Saturday until 11:00 pm
A per car donation is requested and is valid for the entire festival season.
Highly recommended by #31 on Holly's Tacky List, the Oglebay Resort and Wheeling Park Commission
put on one of the largest holiday light displays in the country in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Show covers more than 300 acres over a 6 mile drive throughout the Oglebay resort.
Trolley tours are offered several times each night beginning at Wilson Lodge.
Seats are only sold on the day of the tour, and are offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Special Events Calendar
Festival of Lights and Carols
Lights on Thanksgiving to Jan. 8, 2012, 5:00-11:00pm
Old Town Fairfax City
Old Town Fairfax Festival of Lights and Carols Ceremony is on Saturday Dec. 3, 2012
in Kitty Pozer Park (next to Old Town Hall). 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Caroling and Lighting of the Tree. FREE
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