to 9 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 5 p.m. Christmas Wonderland is open Monday through Friday from 6 p.m. Kids can also visit Santa in the Enchanted Forest or get up close with goats, llamas and other animals at the petting zoo. You’ll see cascading waterfalls, lighted trees and dozens of magical displays. 30Įach year, Alton’s Rock Spring Park twinkles with more than two million lights during the holiday season. Tickets are $7 for Zoo members and $8 for non-members during the week $9 and $10 respectively during the weekend. Kids can hear holiday stories and adults can do a little shopping at the Holiday Zootique. Walk through the exhibits as they come alive with more than 500,000 lights. If you’ve never been to the zoo on a winter evening, this is a real treat. Go a little wild this holiday season with Wild Lights at the St. Tickets for carriage rides are available through MetroTix, and vary depending on the size of the carriage. Cars are welcome Sunday through Friday, but Saturdays are reserved for carriage rides. to 9:30 p.m., except for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Winter Wonderland is open daily from 5:30 p.m. You can drive through the display, but the best way to see the lights is by horse-drawn carriage. Louis County Parks Department have turned Tilles Park into a Winter Wonderland. Louisįor 30 years, employees with the St. The price for adults increases to $18 after December 15. General admission is $16 for adults and $10 for children, $3 for children on Wednesday nights. Garden Glow is open most evenings during the Christmas season from 5 p.m. Garden Glow also has live holiday music, snacks and shopping. Walk through the light display, then take in the Victorian Christmas decorations at Tower Grove House. Hundreds of thousands of lights will decorate the Missouri Botanical Garden for the holidays. Admission is free, but donations are accepted. to 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. Winter Wonderland is open Sunday through Thursday from 5 p.m. That’s about 30 minutes from downtown St. The drive through display is set up at Horner Park in Lebanon. Colorful lights and hand-painted scenes are used to create a Victorian style holiday show for the whole family. Donations are also accepted.Īnother option for holiday lights in the Metro East is the Winter Wonderland of Lights in Lebanon, Illinois. Admission to view the lights is free, but there is a small charge for the laser light show, camel rides, and other attractions. The Way of Lights is open Monday through Thursday from 5 p.m. There’s also a laser light show, camel rides, an indoor Christmas tree display and an interactive play area for the kids. You can drive through the display or take a carriage ride. More than a million lights are used to tell the story of Jesus’ birth. The Way of Lights at Our Lady of the Snows Shrine in Belleville is one of the area’s most popular Christmas displays (see pictures of the display). Enter at the Tour Center at 1200 Lynch Street. This year, you can also enjoy live music, fire pits, and free samples of AB products Thursday through Sunday evenings from 6 p.m. AB celebrates Christmas each year by decorating the brewery complex with thousands of lights. Admission is $20 per car, van, truck, or SUV.Īnheuser-Busch has improved and expanded its holiday light display near Soulard. to 10:30 p.m., Sunday through Thursday, and 5:30 p.m. Santa’s Magical Kingdom is open from 5:30 p.m. After seeing the lights, head over to Kringle’s General Store for a little holiday shopping. For even more fun, take an old-fashioned wagon ride through the display. You can see Santa’s flying reindeer, travel through the Candy Cane Village or visit the Waterfall of Lights. Millions of lights and dozens of holiday scenes fill Jellystone Park in Eureka. It takes quite a while to see the 35 acres of Christmas lights at Santa’s Magical Kingdom in south St. Have your own holiday event, email it to Light Displays: Whether you celebrate Christmas, Chanukah, or Kwanzaa, there’s something for everyone this holiday season. Sure, you may want to pick out the perfect tree or sip hot cocoa by the fire, but below are other events just begging to become an annual holiday tradition. The holiday season is here and there are so many ways to get into the spirit in St.
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