With Thanksgiving over, holiday light displays across Massachusetts are open, or soon opening, with many offering walking or drive-through visits to make social distancing easier.
Bright Nights
Among them is one of the nation’s best. Bright Nights at Forest Park in Springfield, in its 27th year running, features more than 400 individual light arrangements. It is also in the running for USA Today’s ranking of the top 10 public holiday light displays in the country (voting is open until Dec. 6).
Bright Nights features a wide-ranging lineup of light exhibits, including the Victorian Village, American Flag, Winter Garden, Springfield Thunderbirds, MGM Springfield, Seuss Land and Leaping Frog.
The Bright Nights holiday lighting display at Forest Park in Springfield is among nominations for best holiday lighting displaying in a USA Today poll.
The light show is open until Jan. 2, but sprinkled over specific nights until then are added draws: a performance by high school choruses from East Longmeadow on Dec. 2 and Longmeadow on Dec. 10, face painting on Dec. 6 and 13, and Zoo Night on Dec. 8, among many other festivities. Active military and first responders also receive free admission on Dec. 1.
Tickets to Bright Nights start at $23 per car.
Night Lights at Tower Hill Botanic Garden
In Boylston, light peepers can stop by the Night Lights displays at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, open now through Dec. 30.
At Tower Hill, visitors can wander 15 acres of gardens and woodlands and see plants, sculptures and fountains lit up by holiday lights.
“The magical scene is enhanced with fire pits for warming up, making s’mores, or enjoying a cup of hot cocoa or an adult beverage,” the botanic gardens’ website says.
Tickets for non-members range from $13 for kids to $23 for adults.
Festival of Lights Tree Lighting and Holiday Celebration at the Worcester Common Oval, December 6, 2019.
Worcester’s Festival of Lights
In New England’s second-largest city, the Worcester Common’s Festival of Lights kicks off Dec. 3 with a free event at the Worcester Common, but the city’s light installation, which includes seven large-scale light sculptures, will stay up until Feb. 28.
At 6 p.m. on opening night, the city will light its Christmas tree, as well as a menorah for the sixth night of Hanukkah.
The opening event will feature ice skating, food vendors, a beer tent, face painting, balloon animals and carriage rides, the city said.
Greater Boston Celebration of Lights
Further east, the Greater Boston Celebration of Lights kicked off in Waltham on Nov. 26.
Run by the Waltham Lions club, and open until Jan. 2, over 1 million bulbs surround visitors as they coast through a surrounding passageway of lights. In 2020, the organizers said it was the longest light tunnel in New England. Tickets start at $22 and must be purchased online
ZooLights
At the Stone Zoo’s ZooLights, visitors can stroll along a tree-lined path lit by thousands of lights as they pass by black bears, bald eagles, Canada lynx, reindeer and arctic foxes.
The zoo’s light display has been open since Nov. 19, and runs until Jan. 9. from 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Visitors must buy tickets online beforehand, with prices beginning at $14 for non-members.
In Attleboro, the La Salette Festival of Lights is illuminated every day from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. through Jan. 2, the Lowell Sun said.
In its 68th year, the display of hundreds of thousands of bulbs at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette has become one of the largest light displays in the region, the Sun said. The displays are free to view.
Magic of Lights
If you’d rather not leave the comfort of your vehicle, Gillette Stadium is once again hosting the Magic of Lights, a drive-through holiday lights display of epic proportion.
The show runs daily from Nov. 19 through Dec. 24 and tickets are $40 per vehicle. The event is closed from Nov. 28 to Nov. 30 due to Patriots and Revolution home games.
Lancaster Celebration of Lights
If the price at Gillette is too steep for you, over in Lancaster the Celebration of Lights offers a drive-through holiday light experience with a mile of bright, holiday decorations with more than a million LED lights and a 90-foot Christmas tree. It’s located at the Bolton Fair grounds.
The event runs from Nov. 26 to Jan. 2 and during the week is $21.99 per car for online purchase and $25 on-site. On weekends, from Friday to Sunday and on Dec. 24, 25, 31 and Jan. 1 prices are $24.99 online and $30 on-site. People are strongly encouraged to purchase tickets online.
Christmas Festival of Lights at La Salette Shrine
Open Nov. 25 through Jan. 2, every night from 5 to 9 p.m., the Festival of Lights at La Salette Shrine offers a walk-through experience at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette in Attleboro.
Explore 300,000 lights on the shrine’s 10 acres of winter wonderland. Admission is free.
Due to a high amount of expected visitors, masks are required inside any of the buildings while people are asked to be mindful of social distancing while outside.
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