Glendale Avenue Display
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 251 Glendale Ave, San Marcos, California
When: Dec 1-25
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
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A classic display of warm white lights and garland with Christmas tunes broadcast on 89.9 FM.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in San Marcos is around 4:43 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 5 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.
- Christmas on Knob Hill
- Rees Road Crane Tree
- Northern Lights at California Center for the Arts
- Corte Ramon Themed Show
- Griswold Family Christmas
- Edgehill & Foothill Drive House
- Jingle Terrace Nights at Brengle Terrace Park
- Vermarine Court Synchronized Lights
Make a night of it. This is stop 1 on our 4-stop San Marcos lights loop — about 12 miles and 45 minutes of driving in total.