Grab your kids, put them in their pajamas, prepare a thermos filled with hot chocolate and holiday cookies and take a road trip to check out some of San Gabriel Valley's best holiday light shows. If you know of a holiday light display you think our readers will enjoy, please email me at kathye@macaronikid.com
Arcadia:
Winners 2014 Arcadia's Holiday Decoration Award
The Munoz Family Holiday Light Extravaganza
426 Columbia Rd.
Arcadia, CA 91007
Blomgren Family Light Show
817 Monte Verde Drive
Arcadia , CA 91007
Beautiful Light Show From California
1910 S. Baldwin Ave.
Arcadia, CA 91007
Monrovia:
Winners of 2014 Monrovia's Annual Holiday Home Decorating Contest
**2015 winners will be announced and reflected accordingly
Best Still Display - 702 East Lemon Avenue
Best Neighborhood Effort - Valmont Drive & Valmont Place
Best Outdoor Display - 409 Meadow Lane (my personal favorite!)
Best Window Display - 550 South Park Rose Avenue
Holiday Spirit Award - 639 Parker Avenue
Snowman Award - 632 Terrado Drive
Toyland Award - 214 South Alta Vista Avenue
Best Decorated Outdoor Tree - 308 West Lemon Avenue
Children's Choice Award - 333 Norumbega Drive
Judges' Award - 2514 Rochelle Avenue
Most Effective Use of Outdoor Holiday Lighting - 163 Mauna Loa Drive
Tim McKeehan "Best of Season" Award - 309 North Madison Avenue
Mayflower Village ( South of Camino ) Tree Lane Street, between Peck and Mayflower.
Other viewing areas:
Rochelle & Camino Real in Mayflower Village (Monrovia)
North Alta Vista Above Hilcrest (Monrovia)
Christmas Lights on Valmont Drive: From Foothill , go north on Shamrock . It will become Norumbega Rd take that north, make a left on Valmont
Pasadena:
Christmas Star: Altadena Drive & Glen Canyon Road, Altadena. A large star tops an electric Christmas tree overlooking Eaton Canyon.
Star of Palawoo: Above Loma Alta west of Marengo, Altadena.
Christmas Tree Lane: Santa Rosa Avenue, Altadena. One mile of giant deodar trees are festooned by volunteers every year. Stars of David mark the entries.
Balian House: Mendocino Lane & Glenview Terrace, just east of N. Allen Avenue, Altadena. This is one of the most elaborate, eclectic displays around!
Bungalow Heaven neighborhood: 1000 block of N. Michigan Avenue (Ferris wheel, Santa's covered wagon, and comic characters on the roof) and 900 block of N. Michigan Avenue, Pasadena (Electric trees, candy canes, cascading lights)
East Pasadena: Las Lunas Street just west of N. Allen Avenue, Pasadena. Angels, choir boys, and a playhouse to peek in, and Monte Vista Street just west of N. Allen Avenue, Pasadena.
Upper Hastings Ranch: Enter from E. Sierra Madre Boulevard, Pasadena. Each Street has a theme for the parking area, and many homes have beautiful displays in addition.
A Majestic Stroll: Saint Albans Road, San Marino
Los Angeles County:
Marina del Rey Boat Parade
The Marina's boat parade celebrates offers LA's most centrally located collection of floating light displays, preceded by fireworks over the water.
DownTown LA Walking Tour
Thru December 30, 2015
The cost is $15 per adult, children 13 and under are free.
Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles
The Grove, Los Angeles
A Beachy Display: Naples Island, Long Beach
There’s Light at the Inn: Mission Inn, Riverside
