Shanes Way Tree of Light
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 8575 Shanes Way, Santee, California
When: Dec 1-31
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
25-ft tree of light30+ Christmas songsradio broadcast 91.3 FMresidential
A 25-foot tree of light anchors this display, where thousands of lights dance to more than 30 Christmas songs on 91.3 FM.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Santee is around 4:43 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:11 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 46°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 12 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 38 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Starlight Circle (Sunburst Santee)
- Nightmare Before Christmas House
- Pebble Beach Drive Music Display
- Cajon Greens Place Synchronized Show
- Santee Gingerbread House
- Tinsel Town
- El Pico Drive Star & Train
- Jingle Bell Hill (Pepper Drive Lights)
Make a night of it. This is stop 3 on our 4-stop Santee lights loop — about 3.1 miles and 23 minutes of driving in total.