Tinsel Town
Freeneighborhood20+ decorated houses
A Lakeside street nicknamed 'Tinsel Town' where more than 20 neighboring houses decorate together.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Christmas lights in Lakeside, California
We track 1 display in Lakeside. Every one of them is free to visit.
When to go
Displays here switch on around sunset. In Lakeside that means about 4:41 PM in early December and 4:43 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 5:10 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in Lakeside typically drop to around 46°F.
| Date | Sunset | Fully dark |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 4:41 PM | 5:08 PM |
| Dec 15 | 4:43 PM | 5:10 PM |
| Dec 25 | 4:48 PM | 5:15 PM |
Practicalities
Residential displays have no facilities of their own — no parking, no toilets, nowhere to warm up — so it is worth knowing what is around. Within about three miles of the Lakeside cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 2 public car parks and 3 public toilets. There is no shortage of cafés and takeaways for a hot drink on the way round.
All 1 display in Lakeside
Nearby towns
Santee4 displays · 3 miEl Cajon5 displays · 4 miLa Mesa1 display · 6 miPoway1 display · 9 miSpring Valley3 displays · 9 miLemon Grove2 displays · 11 mi
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