Christmas Acres
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 6211 N. 500 East, Franklin, Indiana
When: November 28 - December 31, 2025
Hours: Nightly 6-10 PM
Cost: free
100,000+ lightsfive-acre propertydrive-the-circle formatsynchronized displayfood pantry donations accepteddrive-thru
Payton "Griswold" Bohler covers his five-acre Franklin property with more than 100,000 lights that visitors loop past by car nightly. Admission is free, with optional non-perishable donations collected for a local food pantry.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Franklin is around 5:21 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:52 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 24°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 2 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 22 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Miclette Family Rockin' Christmas Light Show
- Mallory Parkway Lights
- The Holiday Stroll at Kelsay Farms
- Chesterfield Court Lights
- Greenwood's Who-Ville Whobilation
- Falks Family Light Show
- Middle Street Lights
- Grinch House Christmas Lights
Make a night of it. This is stop 3 on our 3-stop Franklin lights loop — about 7.1 miles and 29 minutes of driving in total.