Elegant Tern Place Lights & Santa's Mailbox
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 6646 Elegant Tern Pl, Carlsbad, California
When: Dec 1 - Jan 1
Hours: 5:30-10 pm
Cost: free
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Alongside cozy lights and inflatables, this Carlsbad home puts out a full-size Santa's Mailbox and children who drop letters get personalized replies from Santa; the street has also hosted a community party with cocoa, cotton candy and crafts.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Carlsbad is around 4:44 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:11 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 45°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 6 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 19 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Vermarine Court Synchronized Lights
- Carlsbad Christmas House
- Corte Ramon Themed Show
- Griswold Family Christmas
- Rockfield Court Show Selector
- Medford Court Pixel Show
- Snead Drive Lights
- Edgehill & Foothill Drive House
Make a night of it. This is stop 4 on our 6-stop Carlsbad lights loop — about 16.2 miles and 63 minutes of driving in total.