Jingle Bell Hill (Pepper Drive Lights)
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Solomon Ave & Pegeen Pl area, off Route 67 & Bradley Ave, El Cajon, California
When: Day after Thanksgiving - New Year's Day (peak Dec)
Hours: Mon-Thu 6-9 pm, Fri-Sun 6-10 pm
Cost: free
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Around 75 homes on the hillside streets off Pepper Drive decorate together, mixing comic-book scenes with nativity displays; visitors are advised to switch to fog lights while driving through.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in El Cajon is around 4:43 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:10 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 46°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 13 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 40 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- El Pico Drive Star & Train
- Valley Ranch Road Light Show
- Cajon Greens Place Synchronized Show
- De Camp Drive Musical Tree
- Nightmare Before Christmas House
- Lake Arrowhead Drive Display
- Shanes Way Tree of Light
- Starlight Circle (Sunburst Santee)
Make a night of it. This is stop 2 on our 5-stop El Cajon lights loop — about 3.2 miles and 28 minutes of driving in total.