Christmas Town USA (McAdenville)
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Town of McAdenville, McAdenville, North Carolina
When: December 1-26, 2025
Hours: 5:30 to 10 p.m. nightly
Cost: free
town-wide display with hundreds of decorated Christmas treesfloating trees on the lake2-mile routetree lighting ceremony December 1Yule Log Ceremony and Parade December 11drive-thru
McAdenville has earned the name Christmas Town USA since 1956, lighting hundreds of trees from 6-footers to a 90-foot giant along a two-mile route, with lit trees floating on the town lake. The free display draws roughly 600,000 visitors a season, so weekend lines can be very long.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in McAdenville is around 5:13 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:42 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 32°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 2 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 21 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.