Stern Family Holiday Light Show
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 108 Sheffield Way, Newport News, VA 23603, Newport News, Virginia
When: typically late Nov – early Jan (check before visiting)
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
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A Newport News home whose lights are choreographed to holiday music. Viewing is free, and the family collects donations for the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Newport News is around 4:50 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:19 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 35°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 2 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 6 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Lights at the Fountain
- Winter Nature Nights at the Virginia Living Museum
- Busch Gardens Christmas Town
- Hampton Holiday Wonder Walk
- Newport News Holiday Lights Trolley Tour
- NlightN Celebration in Lights
Make a night of it. This is stop 3 on our 5-stop Newport News lights loop — about 22.4 miles and 74 minutes of driving in total.