Christmas Light Tours in The Oklahoma City Metro and Surrounding Areas 2009

Oklahoma City and surrounding areas have some of the best Christmas light
shows I have seen. The kids and I always make sure to make our rounds to see
them all, regardless of how far we have to travel. We try every year to make sure
to go and see all the Christmas light displays, even in all the neighborhoods.
Some of the best locations we have went to have been listed below and these
locations do not even put a dent in all the locations available to go see.

Midwest City has a great holiday lights spectular to see. We went out
there last year and seen the Christmas light displays and they have alot to
see. They have about seventy to eighty displays and also a Christmas tree that
is about one-hundred feet high, lit up and so beautiful. The Holiday Lights run
through December 30th and have different times for viewings.

Oklahoma City has a great Botanical Gardens downtown by the Myriad. It is
absolutely great any time of the year but at Christmas time, the City really
does outdo itself to light the Botanical Gardens up with Christmas lights and
displays. It is almost as if you are somewhere else then downtown in Oklahoma
City. Very breathtaking and serene. Botanical Gardes Lights runs through
December 31st and can be viewed at different times. 

Ponca City offers a great Christmas light display as well and has many locations
to view in the Ponca City area. The Festival Of Angels is a great Holiday
Lighting Celebration. They have great displays of angels and alot of animated
displays. They have approximately four or five locations and they all twinkle
with holiday cheer. My Aunt took me to a few of these locations when I went
to visit her one year and I have went back a few times since. This festival
runs through December 30th and runs from around 6pm to 10 pm.

Yukon, which is located right outside the Oklahoma City metro area, is another
great place to go for Christmas light displays. I always made it to the Holiday
Light Celebration when I lived in the Yukon area. The Yukon area has a drive
through park that has a lighted Christmas display so that you do not have to get
out in the cold and can remain in your car. The park has about 100 acres and has
various lights and displays that would make anyone happy. This park off Jim
Watson Drive runs through December 31st and is open in the evenings from
around 6pm.

When I moved to Oklahoma, the first place I lived was in Tahlequah. A historic
community has alot of old charm and is always lit up for Christmas. Sequoyah
City Park in Tahlequah is a great place for wonderful Christmas
lights and displays. Tahlequah lights up one of their bridges by the dam and
the area looks like and path lights leading into the sky, it is great. They have
a Festival of lights as well, with alot of great theme displays and are open
through January 1st. The light festival is from dusk till 10 pm.
Defintely worth the drive.

Lake Eufaula State Park in Checotah also has a great Holiday light tour. This is
another great drive thru park and it also has spectacular light displays. You
can also ride the tram for a small fee. This Holiday lights show runs through
December 31st and is available after dusk.

A couple of years ago we visited Woodward for the lights festival and could not
believe how great their Holiday light show was. Woodward has a Crystal Christmas
Holiday light display festival and it absolutely breathtaking. They have over
a million lights and alot of other stuff to do as well. Woodward has carriage
and train rides, tram rides and even areas and paths where you can walk through
the displays. I suggest dressing warm and enjoying the carriage ride through the
park. This festival runs through December 31st and has different viewing
hours.