Whimsical Christmas lights reflecting off a lake are found at Lebanon’s Winter Wonderland drive-thru light display at Horner Park.
Thousands of lights can be seen here with many scenes of the holiday season.
We entered through a maze of lights of different colors.
Then came across a hand-carved gingerbread village with gingerbread frolicking all around.
Passed by a train with a teddy bear, candy cane, an engine huffing along with a leaning tower, and a red caboose.
Red, multi-colored, and green-lit trees in a circle were our next stop.
A tall long tree with rays of light shooting up greeted as we went along.
My son liked the pink hippo standing on a chair waving hi.
Reindeer out in the woods with their animal friends.
Then we came to a village with igloos and penguins skating on the ice.
A 4-H display included elves scooping hay, a windmill, and a red barn.
Next, we came across a green dragon by the lake.
The display ends with a giant Santa face saying “Ho, Ho, Ho, And to you a good night”
Final Thought
If you want to take a road trip to see a Christmas light display in the Metro-East then check this one out!
DETAILS:
Drive: Take Interstate 64 out of St. Louis going east. Then exit at 19B going north on Scott Troy Road. Take a right onto Highway 50 then left onto 2 which becomes St. Louis Street in Lebanon, Il.
Next, make a left onto Monroe Street going north and look for the park outside of town on the left when the street becomes Widicus Road.
Hours: 5 p.m. – 9 p.m., Sunday – Thursday, 5 p.m. – 10 p.m., Friday – Saturday; Nov. 22 through Dec. 31, Weather Permitting
Admission: Free but donations are welcome
Address: 11113 Widicus Rd, Lebanon, IL 62254
MORE CHRISTMAS LIGHT DISPLAYS
Seeing Christmas Lights on Candy Cane Lane
During the holiday season, the St. Louis Hills neighborhood along the 6500 block of Murdoch Avenue lights up with hundreds of strands of Christmas lights to become Candy Cane Lane.
East Peoria’s Over-The-Top Festival of Lights
Dinosaurs, the Batmobile, a Star Wars X-Wing, and the Star Trek Enterprise are just some of the amazing light displays at East Peoria’s Festival of Lights.
The Festival of Lights electric park is made up of floats that begin in the Parade of Lights prior to Thanksgiving each year. Being floats allows them to be huge displays that you drive by.
