We track 4 displays in Dallas — the 2nd-densest city for lights in Georgia. Every one of them is free to visit.
Displays here switch on around sunset. In Dallas that means about 5:30 PM in early December and 5:32 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 6:00 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in Dallas typically drop to around 32°F.
| Date | Sunset | Fully dark |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 5:30 PM | 5:58 PM |
| Dec 15 | 5:32 PM | 6:00 PM |
| Dec 25 | 5:37 PM | 6:04 PM |
We ordered every display in Dallas into the shortest sensible driving loop: roughly 0 miles and 16 minutes of driving, before you count time spent parked and looking. Start wherever is closest to you and follow it round.
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 Dallas cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 3 public car parks and 2 public toilets. Only 3 cafés or takeaways nearby, so bring a flask if you want one.
FreeresidentialBruce Spruce, a fully animated talking Christmas tree20-foot mega tree80-inch animated pixel screenmusic on 99.1 FM
This Paulding County home stars Bruce Spruce, a fully animated talking Christmas tree, alongside a 20-foot mega tree and an 80-inch animated pixel screen. The show is synced to music broadcast on 99.1 FM.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Freeresidential13,000+ lights synchronized to musictune to 87.9 FM
More than 13,000 lights are synchronized to music broadcast on 87.9 FM at this Dallas home, running nightly into early January.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Freeresidentialanimated display with Santa in the windowPeanuts gangFrosty the Snowmananimatronic Bumble and Rudolphneighboring house also animatedmusic on 100.9 FMvoted one of the best decorated homes in the country
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, this Dallas display has been voted one of the best decorated homes in the country and features an animated Santa in the window, the Peanuts gang and an animatronic Bumble with Rudolph. A neighboring house runs its own animated show, doubling the stop.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Freeresidentialpet-friendly
A pet-friendly Dallas home display running from Thanksgiving night through New Year's Day, with later hours on weekend evenings.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
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