Hughes' Holiday Lights
Freeresidential
A well-known individual home display in Old Hickory that draws visitors from around the village each December.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Christmas lights in Old Hickory, Tennessee
We track 2 displays in Old Hickory. Every one of them is free to visit.
When to go
Displays here switch on around sunset. In Old Hickory that means about 4:32 PM in early December and 4:33 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 5:02 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in Old Hickory typically drop to around 30°F.
| Date | Sunset | Fully dark |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 4:32 PM | 5:00 PM |
| Dec 15 | 4:33 PM | 5:02 PM |
| Dec 25 | 4:38 PM | 5:06 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 Old Hickory cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 0 public car parks and 0 public toilets. Only 6 cafés or takeaways nearby, so bring a flask if you want one. Note the lack of public toilets in particular if you are taking children.
All 2 displays in Old Hickory
Old Hickory Village
Freeneighborhooddrive-through neighborhood
The historic village area of Old Hickory, northeast of downtown Nashville, is a locally recommended neighborhood for a Christmas lights drive.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Nearby towns
Hendersonville1 display · 3 miGoodlettsville1 display · 5 miNashville (East Nashville)4 displays · 9 miNashville4 displays · 10 miLebanon1 display · 12 miGallatin1 display · 14 mi
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