SEASON’S BRIGHT
Looking for the best holiday light displays in the region? Let Spokesman-Review readers like yourself help plan your trip.
Here’s a list of light displays submitted (as of press time) by readers to our database at spokesmanreview.com/holidaylights.
Don’t see your house on the list? It’s not too late. The list on the Web site will be updated through the end of the month, and you can use our online mapping tools to easily find displays near your home.
Thanks to everyone who’s taken the time to tell us about their (or their neighbor’s) display. This list wouldn’t be possible without you.
North Spokane
428 E. Joseph: Bright with music. Small yard, but display has a lot to see.
529 E. Cozza Drive: Flying Santa and reindeer landing on runway lit roof. Lights dancing to music, Nativity scene with stable, LED-lit trees dancing to music, multicolored lights, train, giant snowmen, corner lot with colored trees forming the border, many other items – too many to list.
323 W. Barnes Road: It’s all the traditions of Christmas in one. Santa, reindeer, Nativity, Christmas trees, and snowmen. Plus there is music.
8918 N. Farmdale: Lights, lots of lights, dancing to the rock ‘n’ roll or Bavarian Christmas music. Lots of blow molds, blow up Scooby Doo and of course, a Grinch. runs from 4:30 to 10 p.m. or so.
1800 W. Shannon: A corner full of lights.
6504 N. Windsor Drive: Beautiful lights everywhere. What a sight to behold.
7310 N. Hogan Court: Lights on eaves and bushes; lighted bell above door; blow-ups and lighted figures, backyard also. There are other nice displays in this immediate neighborhood
14602 N. Hamilton: Lots of lights.
1121 W. Nebraska Ave: Lights, lights and more lights. Beautiful Nativity scene, cute cutouts, and a house covered in lights.
5821 N. Hemlock: Lights, lights and more lights on the house and in the yard. Lots of deer and other displays. Roll your window down and listen.
5710 N. Cochran: Santa’s workshop theme. Many lights and yard displays. Listen, music playing.
5522 N. Nettleton: Lots of lights, many large characters, blowmolds. Kids will love this yard.
5528 N. Nettleton: Lights a twinkling at this house. Beautifully decorated. Includes reindeer with sleigh, and a make-believe river in blue lights. Lots of extras.
5822 N. Nettleton: Candy cane house. House and bushes trimmed with white and red lights, along with candy canes. Extras include green trees, deer, presents, train and a Christmas tree highlighted in a bay window decorated in white and red.
1406 E. Helena Court: Lots of well displayed icicle lights around the entire house, candy sticks up the driveway, Nativity display, snowman and Santa mounted high on the roof. A must see.
5819 N. Oak: Very well done with mostly blue and white lights. Sometimes Santa is handing out candy canes with his elf in front of the house.
2624 W. Glass: Animated Santa and snowmen. Lots of lighted displays is a red, white and green theme.
6720 N. Monroe: White icicles, large and small LED blue snowflakes, and blue shrubs and trees.
3723 E. Sanson: Santa, two reindeer, lots of lights and garland. Plus a tree.
6807 N. Howard St.: Very nice display with lots of assorted lights and stuff. Also a lot of other displays in near area between Division and Wall and Francis and Holy Cross Cemetery. Usually on from 5 to 9 p.m. or so.
328 W. Park Place: Computer animated light display set to a number of Christmas songs. Giant snowman and other displays.
8002 N. Ash Lane: Lots of lights and yard décor … some are even choreographed to Christmas music. The Grinch and Snoopy are among the many characters you’ll see here atop Five Mile Prairie.
7020 N. Calispel St.: Morethan 20,000 lights, some old, some new and Santa’s passing out candy canes, too. You won’t be disappointed, so be sure to come by and enjoy the lights. Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year to all.
9222 N. Whitehouse: Big corner lot with a herd of deer, lighted trees, Santas with sleighs, blowups to blow molds, angels to the star-topped flag pole and a ton of lights … music, too.
1817 W. Indiana Ave.: Simple but very cute West-side neighborhood display. Blue lights, “Christmas Town” characters and green trees in a three-home display.
832 E. Brierwood Lane: Disney, cartoons, more. Great for kids, dazzling display.
12725 N. Perry St.: Animated to music, thousands of lights.
9820 N. Colfax Road: Two big trees, deer and packages.
9817 N. Colfax Road: Snowman, panda bears, elves, five decorated trees.
20000 Holcomb Road: Huge display on Holcomb about 3/4 mile north of Highway 206 (Mount Spokane Park Drive)
2005 W. Taryn Court: Approximately 2,000 lights on trees, fence railing and ground cover, wreaths and garland around driveway lights.
9013 N. Pamela St.: It has a ferris wheel, a snow drift with penguin santa, snowman and music, Santa on a bike, skiing Santa, palm trees, snowman on a motorcycle, racing car with Santa and elves, and much more.
512 W. St. Thomas More Way: Blow molds galore. Tons of lights. There’s a “friendly” competition between my brother and the next door neighbor, so it’s a double dose of decorations. It’s right across the street from St. Thomas More Church.
10712 N. Middleton Drive: Trees, deer, candy canes lots of lights on house. Lights are on from 5 to 9 p.m.
5928 W. Lonewolf Ave.: Life-size children’s Nativity hand painted by artist. Life-size sleigh and horse. Carolers and animals. Enjoy this original, large Christmas display
6421 N. Whitehouse St: Many yard displays. Large volume of lights and assorted decorations.
5222 E. Woodglen Road: Christmas lights choreographed to music on FM 100.5. Similar to last year but enhanced. Show runs about 20 minutes (four songs) but a fifth may be added. Introduced by two neighbor children.
724 W. Rosewood Ave.: Computer animated display featuring several songs. Tune in your car radio to 90.1 to “hear” the lights. Singing Christmas tree and holiday dogs guaranteed to entertain. Brought to you by Play ‘N’ Stay.
South Spokane
423 W. 15th Ave: A wide variety of lights across the entire yard. Well done and festive.
58th Court and Cook St.: This whole neighborhood goes above and beyond with decorating and is simply wonderful with many colors and white light displays, too. Even angels on the roof of one of these houses. You gotta check it out.
S. Skyview Drive: The tradition of more than 30 homes lining both sides of Skyview Drive (between 37th and High Drive) displaying colorfully lighted Christmas trees began over 50 years ago and has continued without interruption. Charming and tasteful.
South Perry and 13th: Lights all around the front yard, the fence in the backyard – figures – everything you could possibly want.
51st Ave. and S. Ashton Court: Entire cul-de-sac and surrounding area lit up with lights, lights, lights. Look for HAPPY HOLIDAYS, hat tipping Snowman and skating bears.
3311 E. 14th Avenue: Classy 1904 Victorian Home – beautifully decorated to celebrate the holiday season. Merry Christmas to all.
628 W. 22nd: Santa and reindeer, snowmen, penguins, toy soldier, Christmas trees and lots of lights. This is Papa’s gift to granddaughter Jasmin and all the other kids.
2700 E. 17th Ave: Complete house, yard and BIG pine tree all decorated with lights and synchronized to music you tune to on your radio (he has a sign with the call letters).They did this last year too … it’s GREAT.
Fifth Ave. and Altamont St.: Candycane Lane. Lots of lights, beautiful yard. Done yearly.
Fourth Ave. and Magnolia St.: Tons of lights and plastic figures in the yard. Historical Victorian home with lights on all the eaves.
57th Ave. and Cook St.: Entire cul-de-sac done up in white lights. Looks coordinated.
3107 S. Glenrose Road: More than 46,000 lights synchronized to music with a singing and dancing pig, donkey, chicks, dogs, cat and six leaping pigs.
427 E. 20th Ave.: 18,000 lights animated to music – show plays on the hour for 30 minutes and cars tune to 90.3.Christmas really is our favorite time of year – it’s a labor of love.
Spokane Valley
15209 E. Kallas Court: Animated lights set to music, moving projector images, polar bears, deer, seals, inflatables, lots of lights.
1104 N. Perrine Road: Winter land forest with deer and trees and a stream flowing through the scene.
220 N. Best Road: Sixty-foot Nativity wall with praying soldier. More than 15,000 lights, more than 80 pieces of yard art, five ll-foot driveway arches, set to music, six inflatables, still adding.
10806 E. 20th: Many lights with a variety of homemade wooden decorations, some of which are automated. The surrounding neighbors also have lights.
2618 S. Steen Lane: Many large, lighted displays including large Nativity scene.
5930 N. Chase Road: More than 62,000 lights, nine blowups, arches all the way down the driveway. Amazing sight. Whole roof covered with lights all the way around the house covered with lights trees decorated. Santa’s workshop, reindeer kennel. Forty-foot tree in front yard with 12,000 lights on it.
13804 E. Wellesley: Cute display by the Schimke’s. Every year it lights up at dark on Thanksgiving Day. (Wellesley and Evergreen)
3919 N. Lynden Road: A little more than 40,000 lights on two acres. House lit up all around. Candy cane and Santa theme in front, off to side patriotic flag and trees, Nativity and church in back.
5822 N. Hermosa Circle: “Wow!” is an understatement for this well-decorated home. Tons of lights and displays give this home a comforting feel for the Christmas season. This home owner has been decorating his home since he was 12 years old.
12909 E. 22nd: Many lights, penguins, train and a variety of cartoon characters. Lights dance to music.
13502 E. Eighth Ave.: This yard has so many lighted items, lots and lots of lights and lots of blowups. The house roof is also lighted around the edges and the front fence is also decorated. Worth seeing.
3207 S. Gillis Court: Front yard Nativity scene (hand-made by owner) with lights, snowman, Santa, reindeer, candy canes … it has it all.
14617 E. Piper Road: Country gingerbread home: Our home in the Mt. Spokane Foothills on the corner of Piper and Forker Road is decorated in a gingerbread house theme with more than 15,000 lights on the property, including lighted driveway and pathway arches to greet visitors, a Santa and his reindeer on the roof, candy canes, animated deer, and a waving Santa. The display runs Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day from 5 to 10 p.m. nightly and all night long on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. A donation bin for the food bank is available at the driveway entrance.
4213 N. Best Road: Snowman will work for freezer space, many lights and a salute to our military, lots of displays.
Liberty Lake
23302 E. Desmet Court: (no description provided)
900 N. Mitchell Court: (no description provided)
23221 E. Settler Road: (no description provided)
Cheney
604 Sunrise Drive: Several small evergreen trees decorated with lights in different colors.
1000 Salnave Road: Full front yard Nativity scene with additional lights covering the house, yard, trees and shrubbery.
1112 Gary St.: A snowman family including WSU’s Butch the Cougar and a candy-cane themed archway up the sidewalk.
Colbert
405 E. Piper Glen Court: Piper Glen Court (off Hatch/Midway): two houses next door. Both front and backyards beautifully lit with plenty of reindeer, a sleigh, snow geese, snowman, lighted Christmas presents, etc. More than a dozen trees wrap around both yards and are lit with beautiful white lights. Every bush in both yards has different colored lights. Definitely worth driving by these homes.
Deer Park
30616 N. Perry Road: Out in the country, this display is an elegant mix of colored and white lights. The house sits in the woods and is surrounded on all sides by what must be close to 20,000 lights.
Hayden
9087 Orange Blossom Court: A well-lit display that includes more than 30 lit candy canes, Santa’s landing strip, Santa and reindeer up on the housetop, snowman and several lit trees and the house is aglow.
Post Falls
415 S. Glenwood Drive: Display is animated and set to music that is audible from an FM radio station. Truly spectacular.
Kellogg
520 W. Cameron: Large display of lights, also Santa on the chimney. Very pretty and lkots of work and time put into it.
Rathdrum:
20390 North Old Highway 95: Display infield on the east side of Higyway 95 near Chilco Road. Fifteen artificial Christmas trees and Rudolph. Consists of 6,200 miniature lights, plus Rudolph’s red nose.
Rockford
114 E. Emma St.: It is a little bit of a drive but this house has been doing a display for three years now and it just keeps getting better.