Light Displays
![A steady stream of cars stop and park at 3107 S. Glenrose Road in Spokane on Monday. The display is animated and has music played with the movement of the lights. (CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON / The Spokesman-Review)](https://thumb.spokesman.com/B1HYpzT1IM57dkCP8j5rIiOa1RM=/400x0/media.spokesman.com/photos/2008/12/14/SRX_holiday_lights_2_12-14-2008_GVETUNV.jpg)
North Spokane
9619 N. Woodridge Drive: Collection of Arctic animals greets each visitor.
3823 E. Tanager Lane: The house is a Clark Griswold specialty. The entire neighborhood is decorated, but this house is a beaut, Clark!
7020 N. Calispel St.: Santa has come to town, he has landed his sleigh on our rooftop today/our snowman-lined driveway helped guide his way. Through the shooting stars and arches that glow/the Nativity scene is all set for the show. With animated windows, and a train full of toys/Santa is here to see all the girls and boys. He’ll pass out candy canes to those who are nice/while those who are not had better think twice! The sky is filled with music and a loud HO! HO! HO!/So come see more than 40,000 lights and enjoy the show.
3809 E. Buckeye Ave.: Lights and homemade decorations adorn this house. There is a penguin ice skating rink and toy shop with toy sleigh, candy canes, and you can even see the huge village through the front window.
8918 N. Farmdale St.: Lots of lights (of course) including rope lighting, blow mold figures, gingerbread people, snowmen and women, Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, and Mr. and Mrs. Claus.
823 W. Grace Ave.: Mostly LED light display with lighted shopping carts, bowling pins, disco balls, animated reindeer, Santa landing zone, lighted arches, candy canes, candy disks, snow shovel, plus much more. Must see to appreciate.
9013 N. Pamela St.: Many brightly lit displays, Ferris wheel, merry go round, Santa on motorcycle, musical blowup with penguin, Frosty, skating Santa, North Pole sign, reindeer, lighted palm trees.
1210 W. Hazard Road: Country Christmas on Hazard Road featuring 42,000 lights with 12,000 LED computer-animated. Two acres decorated with every color available. Outdoor music playing for 20-minute show.
9222 N. Whitehouse St.: Big corner lot with lots of lights. Blow-up Santa with sled, snowmen, carousel and Santa in a helicopter landing on the roof. Big flagpole with streams of blinking lights. Rocking reindeer with a sleigh, tall, well-lit trees and accompanying music. Worth a drive by.
6421 N. Whitehouse St.: Lights a-glowing! From 9-foot-tall snowman family that sings together to glowing deer families, Santas, angels and Nativity. The neighbors say this is how they find their way home!
323 W. Barnes Road: Glamorous light display with a Nativity scene, Santa on roof, lots of deer and trees, festive figurines, lots of snowmen, and all of your favorite Christmas songs playing as well. It’s a fun, festive and beautiful display.
2005 W. Taryn Court: White lights on eaves, dormers, fence and trees (approximately 2,500 lights). Five Mile area, go behind bus parking area, up Austin Road to Quamish Street at Taryn Court.
518 E. Jack Pine Court: Many great Christmas decorations. A holiday tradition for over 13 years. Come see us in Gleneden neighborhood.
5528 N. Nettleton St.: Beautiful icicle-trimmed house with several lighted yard displays including trees, deer, and a river of blue lights. Very pretty.
5522 N. Nettleton St.: Great yard with several large blow-ups, along with lights and many other displays.
5822 N. Nettleton St.: This Candy Cane House has lots of white lights trimmed in red. Candy canes light up the house and side yard, along with various other lighted displays. The Christmas tree in the picture window finishes off this theme. A must see!
5821 N. Hemlock St.: A yard full of holiday lights including many deer and, this year, an igloo complete with penguins. Mr. and Mrs. Claus welcome you to the North Pole.
5710 N. Cochran St.: Santa’s workshop theme. Lots of lights and displays of toy soldiers, the workshop, along with the manger scene.
1128 W. Glass Ave.: Supporting the Zags in one huge way, with all the Christmas spirit you can show.
6606 N. Windsor St.: A yard full of approximately 4,000 lights. Complete Nativity, angels, Mr. and Mrs. Santa, snowmen, Christmas trees, reindeer, candy canes, carousel, walkway arch and lots more. Don’t miss this one. Lights on from 5 to 10 p.m. Merry Christmas to everyone!
7310 N. Hogan Court: This neighbor has many lights on house, trees, sidewalk and lit bells, snowmen, train. There are also other lighted houses in the area around his house.
832 E. Brierwood Lane: Disney characters, including Disney princesses, Tinkerbell, and some from the movies “Wall-E,” “Finding Nemo” and “Toy Story.” Lots of LED lights. A favorite for the kids!
6720 N. Monroe St.: Intense blue and white LED lighting.
1304 E. Sharpsburg Ave.: Beautifully done holiday light display for many years running. Lights in the bushes, all dancing to holiday music; lights and decorations all the way around the home; the electrical box was modified to allow more this year! Featured on local news last year.
5222 E. Woodglen Ave.: Christmas lights choreographed to music on 100.5 FM; similar to last year but enhanced. Show runs about 25 minutes. Introduced by two neighbor children.
6522 N. Jefferson St.: Synchronized lights and music, full Nativity scene, countdown clock, Santa on the roof, 6-foot painted gingerbread house.
1203 E. Kiernan Ave.: 12-foot Santa, seven inflatables, star 22 feet in air, lots of LED lights, helicopter landing on roof, five spiral trees, four deer, music box synched to lights, and lots more. Four or five other houses on block decorated.
724 W. Rosewood Ave.: Extreme display of dancing lights. Computer-animated display featuring fun and unique songs that will make you giggle. Tune in your car radio to 90.1 FM to “hear” the lights. Featuring a singing Christmas tree and holiday dogs guaranteed to entertain. Brought to you by Play N Stay.
South Spokane
6503 S. Regal Court: Classic sparkling icicle lights galore. My kids look forward to this display every year.
427 E. 20th Ave.: 15,000-plus lights animated to music and broadcast on FM radio (frequency posted streetside). Come see the neurotica that is our Christmas.
3423 E. Marion Court: Clark Griswold lives here. My husband and sons hang the jolly old lights on the roof all in front of the house with numerous yard decorations. It is truly a sight to see.
3107 S. Glenrose Road: Musical animated light show, 5 to 10 p.m. nightly thru Dec. 31. Porky, Chics, Dominic, Leaping Pigs, and new this year, Fog Horn and the Tree Pig all sing and dance. More than 66,000 lights controlled by 392 computerized LOR channels. Listen on 99.7 FM in your car or dance along the fence to the outside speakers. A very merry Christmas to everyone!
Spokane Valley
15218 E. Kallas Court: Very nice display in yards of the cul de sac.
519 S. McDonald Road: Tons of lights and homemade decorations, all painted by hand. Santa and Mrs., elf preschoolers playing by the toy shop and a train, soldiers, and plenty more to see. I love to see this house every year.
4617 N. Moore Road: Large C9 lights illuminate this duplex and the garages on each side. Santa and Mrs. Claus are on the doorstep waiting for you. They have a Nativity scene in the front so we don’t forget what Christmas is really all about, and if you turn the corner onto Heroy you will see the North Pole with the Clauses, some elves, snowmen, deer, polar bears, and one lost penguin. Take a trip into the past with these vintage displays.
10806 E. 20th Ave.: Homemade wooden lawn decorations including reinder on roof, gingerbread scene, Nativity scene, and various other items including some automated figures and many lights. Adjoining houses also well-lighted.
5004 N. Kari Road: Beautiful LED icicle lights trim the eaves and around the windows of house. Many yard decorations including Christmas trees, deer drinking from a pond, Santa’s train, Winnie the Pooh, candy cane fence out by street, and numerous lighted signs on and around the house. Well-lit display.
3919 N. Lynden Road: Featuring 50,000 lights on two acres. Some blow-ups and other things on house. Chapel in back with manger scene. From Arden Road, you can see all the back.
13414 E. Wellesley Ave.: Beautifully decorated house – don’t miss it!
Maxwell Court: Almost everybody is decorating their house in Meadowwoods, Liberty Lake off Mission and Malvern. Fantastic drive. Lots to see.
16th and Keller: My neighbor’s 80-plus-foot tree is lit from top to bottom! Come see as the whole street joins in to brighten up the Christmas season.
2618 S. Steen Lane: Large amounts of displays, including near life-size Nativity set, trees with synchronized music, helicopter in motion, elves climbing ladder, motion train, and much, much more.
12227 E. 34th Ave.: Lights to music, multiple yard displays, 12-foot tree on house made of lights, train, Grinch, lighted fence, window display and leg lamp. Just turned 60 and spent the last 19 years adding to his display.
10517 E. Desmet Ave.: There is an arch, train, Santa, etc.
1819 N. Winrock St.: A must-see for the kids. Santa, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, Rabbit, Roo, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Scrooge, a train set, toy soldiers and lots of lights.
414 N. Steen Lane: More than 10,000 lights and growing. Something new added almost daily. Set to music with several inflatable decorations.
23221 E. Settler Drive: Various displays: many deer with small waterfall/pond, trees, snowman. Nativity with cross, Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, three kings. Sleigh/reindeer complete with Rudolph and Santa nearby.
9705 E. Ninth Ave.: Lights to music on front windows and bushes, medium pine tree in white, five moving deer, Santa, pine trees with tracer lights, icicles, yard highlighted in colors plus a carousel.
14617 E. Piper Road: Country gingerbread house in the foothills with more than 17,000 lights, driveway and walkway arches, a waving Santa, and a collection bin for the Second Harvest Food Bank.
4213 N. Best Road: 40,000 lights, many deer, Santa, snowman – will work for food – Joe has been doing this for more than 20 years.
19th and Bowdish: Something new every year – hear the mice sing, watch the Christmas tree lights dance to music. Plenty to see: snowmen, penguins and Santa with his reindeer.
3207 S. Gillis Court: Homemade manger with Nativity scene, Santa, sleigh, reindeer, angel, snowman, lights etc.
North Idaho
9008 N. Cloverleaf Road, Hauser: Lights on every tree, lights on the house, numerous lighted figures in the yard.
2523 W. Warwick Court, Hayden: Light show synchronized to Christmas music. Make sure you tune into 90.5 to listen!
307 W. Jefferson Ave., St. Maries: Six-foot Santa on train, candy canes galore, trees, carousel, Joseph, Mary, Frosty. St. Maries’ finest display.
415 Glenwood Drive, Post Falls: Incredible 20-minute light show synchronized to ecclectic array of Christmas tunes. Fabulous decking here!
8503 W. Larch St., Rathdrum: Blue and clear trim theme. Blue icicle house and fence. Multi-colored, twinkling trimmed house eaves. Clear twinkling fence trim. Trees with blue and clear lights. Multiple animals with straw bales as accent. Twinkling snowflakes on face of garage. Pear tree trimmed in green, cherry tree trimmed in red. Motion reindeer, sled, Santa and skiing polar bear on roof. Classical, not cluttered, look.
Other
114 E. Emma St., Rockford, Wash.: Lots of blow-up, lights, Santa’s workshop. It is definitely worth the drive.
742 S. Horton St., Airway Heights: Polar bears playing, wonderful lights, kid-size igloo, and much much more.