Christmas lights for little kids, 2026: city by city.
What to do with kids this holiday season, city by city. We check drive-thru and walk-through light displays, with early-bedtime start times on each organizer’s own page, then list them with dates, times and prices for families with kids up to age 6. 97 cities so far, 363 light displays in all. Pick yours below.
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Christmas lights in 97 cities
Each city’s page has dates, times and prices for families with kids up to age 6.
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97 cities: Akron–Canton, Albany, Albuquerque, Atlanta, Augusta, Austin, Bakersfield, Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Birmingham, Boise, Boston, Buffalo, Charleston, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Columbia, Columbus, Dallas–Fort Worth, Dayton, Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, El Paso, Fairfield County, Fort Myers–Naples, Fort Wayne, Fresno, Grand Rapids, Greensboro–Winston-Salem, Greenville, Hartford and New Haven, Honolulu, Houston, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Inland Empire, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Knoxville, Lakeland, Lancaster–Harrisburg–Hershey, Las Vegas, Lehigh Valley, Lexington, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Louisville, Madison, McAllen and the Rio Grande Valley, Memphis, Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Milwaukee, Minneapolis–St. Paul, Nashville, New Orleans, New York City, Northwest Arkansas, Ogden, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, Raleigh, Reno, Richmond, Rochester, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Sarasota–Bradenton, Savannah, Seattle, Spokane, St. Louis, Stockton–Modesto, Syracuse, Tampa, Toledo, Tucson, Tulsa, Utah County, Ventura County, Virginia Beach–Norfolk, Washington, DC, Wichita, Worcester.
Each listing comes from the venue’s or organizer’s own page and links to it. If a date, time or price isn’t posted, we say so instead of guessing. How we choose and check.
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