Christmas is just around the corner and the holiday fever is heating up! Festivities, feasts and holiday cheer are everywhere and will surely get your spirits up. Wonderfully decorated Christmas trees, Santa Claus and gifts are your Christmas staples but this is also the season to celebrate light: dazzling lamps that sparkle like a million twinkling stars in the winter night sky!
Attending a light show is also a fun and safe activity to participate in, this 2021 despite the chaos all around us. So go ahead and check out below some of our brightest recommendations of Christmas lights and light parades in Boerne that will truly make your festive season glittery and fun!
Jones’ CHRISTmas Lights
There’s songs, lights and family fun at this dazzling light festival which will run till early January next year! The free light show has so many brightly lit items on display, 9 songs that will run every night and a walk-thru Christmas lights experience that just celebrates the sheer joy and beauty of Christmas. Do a little bit of shopping, check out the amazing displays and have an absolutely smashing time at the festival!
Where: 208 Wollschlaeger Dr, Boerne, TX 78006
How much: Free admission
Old West Christmas Light Fest
This Christmas lights festival in Boerne has both drive-thru and walk-around light displays centered around more than 40 Old West buildings which are a delightful and festive sight. You can also attend the crowd favorite show, Hinojosa Family Lights over on the ranch which will feature Christmas classics and some surprise songs!
Bring the entire family to this fun festival which will host activities including Escape Rooms, a Candyland Instagram Photo room, cookie decorating classes, Laser Tag in the Lights and so much more!
Where: 242 State Highway 46 W., Boerne, TX 78006
How much: Tickets start at $10
Christmas on the Ranch
This thoroughly dazzling and glamorous display of Christmas lights will fill you up with a Christmas cheer like no other. One full mile of a spectacular show of animated lights and Santa’s Village created in its midst is all you need to add that dash of sparkle to your child’s holiday season.
Come to the ranch with the kids in tow to enjoy what will be one of the most amazing Christmas light shows in Boerne. There’s a drive thru, food and drink spots, photos with Mr. and Mrs. Claus and more!
Where: Don Strange Ranch | 103 Waring Welfare Rd, Boerne, TX 78006
How much: Tickets start at $15
Hinjosa Family Lights
One of the most popular light shows in Boerne, Texas, this spectacle is a can’t miss for residents! You can attend the Old West festival and then hop on over to the ranch to enjoy a show featuring as many as 100,000 lights sequenced to music.
It is said that the 2021 show is the biggest and brightest that the Hinjosa Family has put up yet. Nearly 140 hours of setup work has gone into creating a display that will totally knock your socks off! So what are you waiting for? Head on over to this prize winning light show and immerse yourself in the Christmas spirit.
Where: 140 Shadow Knolls, Boerne, TX 78006
How much: Free
Boerne Bright
Over 200,000 Christmas light await you at this drive thru synced to some of your favorite holiday music. Now that its safer to step out of the house, visit the Boerne Bright Christmas lights in the area and spend some holiday time with family and friends.
Enjoy the comfort of warm cocoa this winter in the warm glow of a light show brought forth especially for the holiday season. There’s a play area for the kids to mingle and have fun too!
Where: FBC | 631 S School St, Boerne, TX 78006
How much: Free
Christmas Lights at the Crumbling Castle
At this dazzling holiday light park, you can take a tour of 30 acres of Texas hill country illuminated into a magical forest especially for the festive season.
Drive through idyllic holiday scenes and gaze upon fairy tale sculptures as you take in the mystical beauty of the park laden with trees, drowning in the glow of so many twinkling lights. Come and see the lights at this truly enchanting space with the entire family and enjoy the sublime beauty of these fairy lights.
Where: 571 FM 289, Comfort, TX 78013
How much: $40
Parade of Lights
This is the annual lighting contest in Boerne that brings to you some of the best lit residential and commercial areas in your vicinity, decked up especially for the holiday season. Last year, the Hinojosa Family took home the Griswold Award and the Fallon Family won the title of Traditionally Elegant.
Each of these brilliant entries into the contest are open through Christmas and into the New Year. So grab your friends and family and head on over to the multiple locations where these light shows are set up and put a little bit of brightness and sparkle into your Christmas cheer!
Where: Check out the map here for all the different locations of the light show.
Looking for more lights? Check out our comprehensive 2021 Guide to the Best Christmas Lights in San Antonio
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