Looking for some opportunities for family fun this holiday season, without any large crowds? Nothing spreads holiday cheer quite like some twinkling Christmas lights! We've got the info you need to enjoy some bright and cheery holiday fun! Light displays are a great way to enjoy the season and jump start your holiday cheer. I can remember as a child piling into the family car to go look at the Christmas lights, and today's kids will enjoy having those memories just as much. The list below includes light displays, light tours, and tree lighting ceremonies around Morgan County.
Winter Wonderland Festival of Lights at Jimmy Nash City Park
November 29 - January 1, Martinsville
The annual light display at Jimmy Nash City Park is a Martinsville tradition, and the perfect way to end the evening after a visit to the Martinsville Candy Kitchen for holiday candy canes! (See the Martinsville Candy Kitchen Facebook page for specific candy cane pour times, but they almost always make them on Friday evenings in December and up to three times each Saturday in November and December.) The official Lighting Ceremony will take place the evening of November 29, but you can drive through the lower loop of Jimmy Nash City Park in Martinsville to see this year's light display any evening from November 29 through New Year's Day! Please note: The park now closes at 9 pm. If you are inside the park at that time, the automatic gate will open to let you out, but you cannot drive into the park after 9 pm.
A Monrovia Hometown Christmas
November 29, Monrovia
The town of Monrovia will present A Monrovia Hometown Christmas, their second annual lighted Christmas Parade and Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Saturday, November 29. The fun kicks off that morning with a 5K Reindeer Run & Snowman Walk at 9 am. Then, from10 am to 7 pm, enjoy the Winter Market and Petting Zoo. There are other fun activities scheduled throughout the day that include a scavenger hunt, silent auction, cookies and photos with Santa, a live nativity and more! A lighted Christmas Parade begins at 2 pm, and the Christmas tree lighting ceremony and Christmas carols will begin at 5:30 pm.
Eminence Christmas Tree Lighting
November 29, A&A Fire Station, Eminence
On Saturday, Nov. 29, at the A&A Townships Fire Station, the 2nd annual Eminence Christmas Tree Lighting will take place beginning at 6 pm. Enjoy cookie decorating, a craft, holiday book reading, letters to Santa, refreshments and more. Santa lights up the tree at 7 pm.
Mooresville Christmas Lights Tour
December 1-31, Mooresville
mooresvillelights.com
The Mooresville Christmas Lights Tour is now in its sixth year, and it has quickly become a popular tradition. Beginning on December 1, get your online tour map at mooresvillelights.com. Navigate the self-guided trail to enjoy a wide variety of Christmas lights displays in and around Mooresville. Be sure to vote for your favorite display using the form on the website! BONUS: Be sure to keep an eye out for Santa along the way. He's been known to hang out at along the tour, weather permitting.
Martinsville Light Tour
Dec. 6-31, throughout Martinsville
martinsvillelightour.com
Tthe Martinsville Light Tour will kick off in early December for its third year of highlighting area holiday light displays in and around Martinsville. The self-guided tour map will be available as a Google Map and more information can be found on their Facebook group. Stops will be lit each night until 10 pm. Be sure to vote for your favorite stop. BONUS: Watch for the mailbox on the tour - it's a direct postal link to the North Pole, where you can mail your letters to Santa!
Downtown Mooresville Christmas Tree Lighting
December 6, Mooresville
After you've enjoyed all of fun of this year's Victorian Christmas Celebration on December 6, join community members as they gather gather downtown at Bicentennial Park for the Downtown Mooresville Christmas Tree Lighting event! This fun event will feature more than just lighting up the tree - Santa Claus will be there to take your holiday gift requests along with other Christmas characters to interact with, festive music and even food trucks. Come out and enjoy the seasonal cheer. The festivities typically begin around 5 pm, and the big tree is lit up at 7 pm.
Bobby Helms Jingle Bell Rock Christmas Spectacular & Tree Lighting
Dec. 6 & 7, Downtown Martinsville
The Bobby Helms Jingle Bell Rock Christmas Spectacular and Tree Lighting takes place in downtown Martinsville on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 6 and 7, but if you've been downtown lately, you'll notice festive holiday window displays all around the square (and beyond)! The tree lighting itself will be on Dec. 7, at approximately 7:30 pm, after a celebration of the season featuring ice skating, vendors, roaming characters such as Elf, the Grinch and Cindy Lou Who, carriage and trackless train rides, and lots of live holiday musical performances on the afternoon and evening of the 7th, leading up to the final performance of the evening - the Bobby Helms Jingle Bell Rock Tribute Band, which will take the stage before the City's 30 foot tree Christmas tree is lit. The fun begins on Sunday at 3 pm.
