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This is a list of Johnson
County Kansas Christmas light displays worth going out of your way
to see. Click on the photos for larger images or links to pages devoted
to the displays. The tours changes every year. All displays on this page
have been verified for 2015, though many have photos from previous years.
Topeka
Christmas Light Displays Lawrence
Christmas Light Displays
Far
North Johnson County & South Wyandotte County Tour
Kansas
City, Kansas Far North map A
South
46th Terrace Christmas Display
The Deckard Family Christmas Display is just two doors from the
Johnson County Line. Considering the modest size of the house and front
yard, Terry and Vicki Deckard have done an amazing job. They start putting
the lights up in October and are always adding to and updating the display.
New items for 2014 include the inflatable figures on the roof above the
car port.
3141 South 46th Terrace,
Kansas City, Kansas 66106 |
Kansas
City, Kansas Far North map E
County
Line Road Nativity
The highlight of this County Line Road Christmas display is the
large backlit, cut out nativity, which appears to be hand made. It is flanked
by retro plastic choir figures and candles. This display is smaller than
most on these tour routes but is right along the way and the nativity is
quite attractive.
If you know more about
this display, please email the details.
5536 County Line Rd,
Kansas City, Kansas 66106 |
Kansas
City, Kansas Far North map B
Piper
Family Christmas Display
The Piper Family Christmas Display in south Wyandotte County was
not up when we checked in 2014, but is back in 2015. The nicely done static
display includes some inflatable decorations which are too faint to be
easily seen in this image. It would look even nicer if the driveway was
not in use, but there have always been vehicles blocking the house.
If you know more about
this display, please email the details.
3024 South 46th Terrace,
Kansas City, Kansas 66106 |
Merriam,
Kansas Far North map F
Steve
Pearson Christmas Display
Steve Pearson started enlarging his Christmas light display in 1989.
By 2002 he had 15,000 lights. In 2014 the display was absent, but it has
returned for 2015. It is on a major street, but this section of Johnson
Drive has lighter traffic than most. Steve's holiday display has won the
Merriam, Kansas Festival of Lights Contest at least 3 times.
Steve's own gallery
of photos of his display for 2008.
9900 Johnson Drive,
Merriam, Kansas 66203 |
Shawnee,
Kansas Far North map C
47th
Street Christmas Display
Finding this house can be a little confusing. This street is the line between
Johnson & Wyandotte Counties, and the south side of the street is 47th
Street while the north side of street is County Line Road. This display
is unusual because it is all on the roof of the home. There are are just
2 small figures in the yard. This display goes up later than most and may
not be up in early December.
If you know more about
this display, please email the details.
9525 West 47th Street,
Shawnee, Kansas 66208 |
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Kansas
City, Kansas Far North map D
52nd
Street Christmas Display
This home at the corner of 52nd Street and Hagemann Street has an
amazing display for the size of the house and yard. Music is softly playing
in the yard, or you can tune your radio to 104.7FM to enjoy the sound and
light program between 5-10PM. Return at Halloween to see another cool display.
If you know more about
this display, please email the details.
2723 South 52nd Street
Kansas City, Kansas 66106 |
Edwardsville,
Kansas Edwardsville Map
Mason
Family Christmas program
The Mason family Christmas light program is very nicely done. It
has fewer lights than most similar programs, but grew to over 18,000 lights
in 2013 when they added Rudolph and the other 8 reindeer, plus two star
bursts. The animated display operates every 20 minutes from 5 - 8 PM on
Sunday - Thursday and 5 - 10 PM on Friday - Saturday. Tune your radio to
107.5 FM.
9821 Swartz Road, Edwardsville,
Kansas 66111 |
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Johnson County North Christmas Display
North Johnson County - South Wyandotte County Map |
Edwardsville Map
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North
Johnson County Kansas Christmas Light Displays
Prairie
Village, Kansas North map A
Candy
Cane Lane
In 2008 Candy Cane Lane recovered from several years of dwindling
displays. It was the 51st year of Candy Cane Lane and every house was attractively
decorated. This display of lights was once again worth a special visit.
They have continued to put up the new displays and this has become one
of the most popular Christmas displays in Kansas City.
Longer review
with more photos and map.
7900 block of Outlook
Lane, Prairie Village, Kansas 66208 |
Overland
Park, Kansas North map I
105th
Street Christmas Display
There are many nice Christmas displays in the neighborhood of the Bender
Christmas Light Path. This home next door at 12253 West 105th Street
was added to the Kansas City Christmas Light Tour in 2013, dropped off
in 2014, but is back for 2015. It was still going up when we took this
photo on December 7 and you can see someone hanging lights next to the
door. The display is anchored by handsome, decorated trees at each side
of the yard.
12253 W 105th Street,
Overland Park, Kansas 66215 |
Overland
Park, Kansas North map B
Lowell
Avenue Christmas Display
This lovely Christmas display on Lowell Avenue is just a block South
of 75th Street. We discovered it on our way to investigate another holiday
display that wasn't nearly as impressive. In addition to the outdoor display,
there are more decorations in the picture windows. This photo is from 2010.
If you know more about
this display, please email the details.
7533 Lowell Avenue,
Overland Park, Kansas 66204 |
Overland
Park, Kansas North map J
Butcher
Christmas Light Display
The Butcher Christmas Light Display is located at the corner of
103rd Street and Cody Street. It was a little smaller than most displays
listed on this tour, but it has grown each year. The unusually tall inflated
Santa Claus, snowman and toy soldiers makes this display as impressive
in daytime as at night. Several decorations were not lit when this photo
was taken.
10275 Cody Street,
Overland Park, Kansas 66215 |
Overland
Park, Kansas North map C
Oshel
Family Christmas Display
The Oshel Family Christmas Display started in 2011 with just a few
handmade PVC pipe trees laying on the roof but it has grown into
a handmade train and two PVC pipe trees on the roof and 11 inflatables
situated around the yard and the roof. There is a little more than you
can see in this pictures, but it is smaller than most on the tour. Still
it is attractive and right along the way.
7515 Hemlock Street,
Overland Park, Kansas 66203 |
Leawood,
Kansas North map K
Wright's
Lights
Wright's Lights are two homes across the street from each other on
Lee Boulevard. The animated light program was started in 2009, but 2012
was the first year that cars were permitted to park on Lee Boulevard to
watch the show and listen on 100.5 FM. The display grows each year and
in 2014 there were 43,084 lights controlled by 29,682 channels. There was
some interference on the radio. More at www.wrightslights.info.
9708 & 9717 Lee
Boulevard, Leawood, Kansas 66206 |
Shawnee,
Kansas North map D
Mike
Arnott Christmas Display
2010 was the first year that Mike Arnott did an animated Christmas
sound and light program. In 2010 it featured 48 channels and 12,000 lights.
Mike has done a lot with the rather small yard and continues to improve
the display each year. The current display has 26,830 lights. Tune your
radio to 107.5 FM to listen to the programs which operates from 6 - 10
PM. Donations are accepted for Make A Wish. In 2013 they raised $1,065.
More info on Facebook.
The
display may not run on rainy nights.
12612 West 70th Terrace,
Shawnee, Kansas 66216 |
Overland
Park, Kansas North map L
Vince
& Associates Holiday Lights
The best place to view the Vince & Associates animated Christmas
music and light display is from the parking lot of Emmanuel Baptist Church,
across Metcalf. Tune your radio to 96.9 FM. Although this building looks
like it is an insurance agency or similar office, Vince & Associates
does pre clinical or laboratory research for pharmaceutical companies.
Call (913) 696-1601 to confirm the hours and the final date of the season
in early January.
10103 Metcalf Avenue,
Overland Park, Kansas 66212 |
Lenexa,
Kansas
North map E
Dowding
Light Program
Just up the street from the Arnott Display, this Dowding Light Program
is coordinated to music which is played through a speaker. The lights flash
on and off a bit frantically and I think it would benefit from slower transitions.
Although the program has been up for several years, 2014 was its first
appearance on this tour.
13089 W 70th Terrace,
Shawnee, Kansas 66216 |
Overland
Park, Kansas North map M
Gapske
Christmas Display
Bill & Teddi Gapske's 98th Terrace Christmas light display has been
growing each year and has been added to the Christmas Light Tour for 2015.
There are over 10,000 lights. I particularly like the large NOEL near the
front of the yard. In addition to their display there are nice, smaller
light displays next door and across the street. The display will remain
through January 3.
7716 West 98th Terrace,
Overland Park, Kansas 66212 |
Lenexa,
Kansas
North map F
Haskins
Street Display
Thanks to Tim Dorr, we discovered this neat, varied display near 79th Street
and Pflumm in Lenexa. It has been around for at least a four years. This
Haskins
Street Christmas Display has many moving figures including Santa Claus
on a teeter totter and a small Ferris wheel. There are many more lights
than in this display from a previous year. I particularly like the parachuting
dog! This photos is from 2010 - a new photo will be posted soon.
If you know more about
this display, please email the details.
8007 West Haskins Street,
Lenexa, Kansas 66215 |
Overland
Park, Kansas North map N
96th
Street Christmas Display
We spotted this 96th Street Christmas Display while passing on 95th Street
on our way to buy a Christmas Tree. The open area between First Baptist
Church of Overland Park and Holy Cross Catholic School give you a good
view from the busier street. There is a bit more to the display than can
be seen in this photo, but the van on the driveway interrupts the view.
This home is new for the tour in 2015.
If you know more about
this Christmas display, please email
the details.
8201 West 96th Street,
Overland Park, Kansas 66214 |
Lenexa,
Kansas
North map G
Preston
Evans Christmas Display
Preston Evans has done a lot with a small front yard at this location
of Lenexa's Marshall Drive. Be sure to turn off your radio and roll down
the window, since some of the lights flash in time with Christmas music
which is playing quietly in the background. Preston said that his 2010
display included 8,500 lights but this photo is from 2012.
13109 Pennycross Road,
Lenexa, Kansas 66215 |
Overland
Park, Kansas North map O
Goddard
Street Christmas Display
The 9300 block of Goddard Street has several nice Christmas displays
including 2 others which were nearly large enough to be included on the
Kansas City Christmas Light Tour on their own right. This display has many
Santa Clauses, including three which (along with Rudolph and a couple of
elves) tell a story of a mishap on the roof.
9319 Goddard Street,
Overland Park, Kansas 66214 |
Overland Park,
Kansas North map H
Bender
Christmas Light Path
2015 is the 11th year for the Bender Christmas Light Path near Overland
Park Regional Medical Center. It features a light path based on the game
Simon. The yard is divided into four quadrants: blue, red, gold, and green,
and the path crosses the intersection of all four quadrants. Supervised
children are welcome to walk the path to Santa, but should stay within
the path and retrace their route to leave the yard.
12303 West 105th Street,
Overland Park, Kansas 66215 |
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Johnson County North Christmas Display Tour
Click on the map for a larger image.
This route takes you by all of the north Christmas Displays. The
route is 26 miles and takes about an hour and 5 minutes to drive, without
the time spent at the displays.
Displays A, B & C
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Displays D, E & F
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Displays G, H, I & J
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Displays K
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Displays L, M, N & O
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South
Johnson County Kansas Christmas Light Displays
Leawood,
Kansas South map A
Hager
Family Sound and Light Display
Ken and Marilyn Hager's computer controlled sound and light display
is attractive and has less flashing and changing than most animated displays.
There are 11 songs on the program which runs from 5 PM to 1 AM. The electronics
for this show are by Animated Lighting and the lights are installed by
Brighter Holidays. Tune your car radio to 102.7 FM to enjoy the show. This
was one of the first animated shows and the program is more tasteful, but
less active as most shows in 2015.
There are many attractively
decorated houses along 127th Street as you drive from State Line Road,
west to this home.
2801 West 127th Street,
Leawood, Kansas 66209 |
Overland
Park, Kansas South map K
Martin
Family Christmas Light Display
The Martin Family Christmas Display was new to the tour for 2013.
Located just a few doors west of the Curtis Family Display, this very nice
presentation is supplemented by lights and a large dinosaur inflatable
in the yard next door. Craig and Michelle Martin started putting up Christmas
decorations in 1993 when they moved in. Every year the display is
changed somewhat due to items finally falling apart from years of use,
adding new items from the after Christmas blowouts, and forgetting exactly
where things were placed from the year before!
9606 West 117th Street,
Overland Park, Kansas 66212 |
Leawood,
Kansas South map B
Trossen
Family Christmas Display
The Trossen Family Christmas Display includes softly playing music.
The Trossens are an Army family and 2012 was the first year that they were
in Kansas City. The decorations (which include an 8 foot tall Santa in
uniform) continue along the side of the house and in the back yard. For
both 2013 & 2014 there have been new elements
and themes each year and this display gets more impressive each year.
12716 Pawnee Lane,
Leawood, Kansas 66209 |
Overland
Park, Kansas South map L
Kreimendahl
Holiday Display
The Kreimendahl Holiday Display was also new to the tour in 2013.
Jeff and Marcia Kreimendahl have made it even larger in 2014. Located just
a few doors farther west than the past two stops on Johnson County tour,
this display is a bit smaller than we usually put on this tour, but it
is very nice and the culdesac in front of it even makes nice place to turn
around before continuing the tour. It will remain up until New Years.
9622 West 117th Street,
Overland Park, Kansas 66212 |
Leawood,
Kansas South map C
Fisch
Family Santa Claus Airport
Runways for Santa Claus are very popular, but the Fisch Family Home
in the Leawood South Subdivision takes the theme a farther with a line
of inflated Santas in airplanes waiting to take off. There are also a helicopter
and a large balloon piloted by Santa. Christmas music is played over a
speaker and can be heard from several houses away. We are glad to see this
display return in 2015 after being gone for a couple of years.
12708 Pawnee Lane,
Leawood, Kansas 66209 |
Overland
Park, Kansas South map M
Noel
Christmas Light Display
We just stumbled across this comic Christmas light display, which the tour
already went past. The
No L caught my eye first, but when I stopped
the car and looked closer I saw the fallen ladder and the home decorator
hanging from the roof.
If you know more about
the Noel Christmas display, please email
the details.
8828 West 116th Terrace,
Overland Park, Kansas 66212 |
Leawood,
Kansas South map D
Kryger
Family Animated Holiday Lights
The Kryger family holiday display is one block east of Roe Avenue
at the corner of 132nd Street and Granada Drive. Tune your radio to 96.9
FM and enjoy a 15 minute sound and light program created using Monster
Brain technology. Songs in the show have included Christmas Eve
Sarajevo and Wizards in Winter by Trans-Siberian Orchestra,
Star
Spangled Banner by LeAnn Rimes, and Snoopy Peanuts Theme Song.
13201 Granada Drive,
Leawood, Kansas 66209 |
Overland
Park, Kansas South map N
115th
Street Christmas Display
This 115th Street Christmas Display is actually three very attractive
homes in a row. The house next door at 7612 115th Street and 11487 Lowell
are also elaborately decorated and there are other homes with impressive
displays, creating a nice Christmas environment.
If you know more about
these displays, please email.
7608 West 115th Street,
Overland Park, Kansas 66210 |
Leawood,
Kansas South map E
Ash
Street Christmas Display
This Ash Street Christmas Display is one block east of Nall Avenue
and just north of 130th Terrace. This is at least the fifth year for the
holiday display, which includes mostly fixed lights. There are just a few
flashing lights and the only movement is from the white deer at the left.
The next house to the left has a Christmas display with deer, which complements
this display.
If you know more about
this holiday display, please email.
13020 Ash Street, Leawood,
Kansas 66209 |
Overland
Park, Kansas South map O
Hall
Family Christmas Display
2014 is the sixth year for the Hall Family Christmas Display and
the fifth year that they have included music and animation. Tune your radio
to 107.1FM to listen to the Christmas music program that is coordinated
to the flashing lights. Portions of the display are on an island in the
street. The mega tree is completely new and is now 38' tall with a new
custom star. The display is almost 8,000 channels this year.
11308 Mackey Street,
Overland Park, Kansas 66210 |
Leawood,
Kansas South map F
Holiday
Lights at the Farmstead
In 2013, the Ultimate Holiday Tree moved from the residential location
where it has been for many years, to Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead.
It is now called "Holiday Lights at the Farmstead." The display has been
expanded and many new display components have been added such as large
3D Spheres, a Whimsical Tree Forest, and a new 20' Majestic Star. The 2013
secular program felt like it was more about showing off the LED technology,
than about the season, bit for 2014 the show was much improved.
13800
Switzer Road, Overland Park, KS 66221 |
Overland
Park, Kansas South map P
Suess
Family Holiday Display
The Suess Family Holiday Display is not large, but may have the
densest concentration of lights on this tour. Leslie Suess says that they
make design changes every year and have won lighting contests. This neighborhood
has many attractive displays which are nearly large enough to have been
included on the tour. Be sure to look up the side streets for other decorated
homes. The 2015 display will remain up until January 2 and has a new 8.5
feet tall LED Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower.
11619 Lucille street,
Overland Park, Kansas 66210 |
Overland
Park, Kansas South map G
Christmas
Place - Terrace Place subdivision
Since 1992, the 23 homes of these two streets in the Terrace Place subdivision
have been creating Christmas Place. These homes are coordinated
with all keeping the same theme, rather than individually standing out.
Pulling into the subdivision is like walking through an enchanted forest.
There is a feeling of being inside this display that adds to the wonder
and isn't captured in the photo. Cindy Lou Corley started the tradition
by providing lighted candy canes to every home. Cindy died about
18 years later from breast cancer but the celebration continues.
8911 W 131st Place,
Overland Park, Kansas 66213 |
Lenexa,
Kansas South map Q
110th
Terrace Display
I was pleased to first discover this display when passing by on College
Boulevard. This neighborhood has several nice displays but this one on
110th
Terrace is the largest and most interesting. It is spread over a large
corner lot and includes Christmas music coordinated with some of the lights,
coming from a speaker near the back.
If you know more about
this 10th Terrace Christmas display, please email
the details.
13916 W 110th Terrace,
Lenexa, Kansas 66215 |
Overland
Park, Kansas South map H
129th
Terrace Christmas Display
This 129th Terrace Christmas Display is very attractive on its own,
but the culdesac has several other homes that are also well decorated.
This large display includes a light show and radio broadcast on 91.1 FM.
They moved to that frequency a year or two ago and their broadcast no longer
gets interference from commercial radio.
On December 3, 2015 the display was under construction, but it should be
up by now.
8500 West 129th Terrace,
Overland Park, Kansas 66213 |
Overland
Park,
Kansas South map R
Nottingham
by the Green Subdivision
The trees throughout
Nottingham by the Green subdivision have green
lights on the trunks and red lights in their lower branches. While this
does not give the feeling of being within the display in the way that Christmas
Place does, this Christmas light display goes on for many blocks and
gives some good vistas. If more lights were added to the trees, or more
of the residents did significant individual holiday displays, I think that
this could become the most impressive Christmas light display in the Kansas
City area.
East of Pflumm Rd &
South of 127th St., Overland Park, KS |
Overland
Park, Kansas South map I
Slater
Street Christmas Display
We have admired this Christmas Light display at the corner of 125th Street
and Slater Street for several years, but 2012 was the first year that it
was included on the Kansas City Christmas Light Tour. Many of the lights
can be seen from Antioch Road.
If you know more about
the Slater Street Christmas display, please email
the details.
12473 Slater Street,
Overland Park, Kansas 66213 |
Overland
Park, Kansas South map S
Bradshaw
Christmas Light Show
The last display on the South Johnson County Christmas Light Tour is also
the most recent display added to the tour. The Bradshaw Street Christmas
Light Show has a soundtrack which is broadcast on 99.9FM and includes
a talking Christmas tree.
If you know more about
this display, please email the details.
13812 Bradshaw, Overland
Park, Kansas 66221 |
Overland
Park, Kansas South map J
Curtis
Family Christmas Light Display
18 years ago, Craig and Paula Curtis used 3,000 lights to decorate their
home for the first time. Their display has grown to 25,000 lights, with
the bulk of the Christmas lights on the roof of the Overland Park home,
giving a unique look to the Curtis Family Christmas Light Display.
The display stays much the same each year, but Paula likes to add a "misfit"
to each year's display.
9508 West 117th Street,
Overland Park, Kansas 66212 |
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Johnson County South Christmas
Display Tour
This route takes you by all of the southwest Johnson County Christmas
Displays. The entire route is 25 miles
and takes about 70 minutes to drive, without the time spent at the
displays. I recommend doing
only a portion of this tour on a single evening. Larger map.
Displays A, B, C, D & E
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Display F, G, H & I
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Displays J, K, L, M, N, O & P
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Display Q
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R & S
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Olathe
Christmas Light Displays
Olathe,
Kansas Olathe map A
Taggart
Christmas Display
George Taggart's Christmas Light Display on Sturgeon Drive has been growing
every year and is new to this tour in 2015. He has already ordered more
features for next year's display. The traditional Santa at the Chimney
with a sleigh and reindeer on the roof is simple but effective. There are
other nice displays including one almost as large, up the block.
15020 S. Sturgeon,
Olathe, Kansas 66062 |
Olathe,
Kansas Olathe map G
Cedar
Hills Holiday Displays
While none of the homes on this attractive culdesac have quite a large
enough display to make this tour on their own, there are five very nice
displays and this block is included on the tour as a combination. We would
love to see some of the other homes continue the green and red tree theme.
900 block of South
Cedar Hills Street, Kansas 66061 |
Olathe,
Kansas Olathe map B
Lewis
Family Handmade Christmas
The Lewis Family Handmade Christmas display is worth visiting day
or night. The corner lot has many elements which can be enjoyed during
the day, such as the wooden Santa and sleigh on the porch roof and a wooden
handmade life size nativity on the south side of the home. The nativity
alone would put this display on the tour, but there are also moving deer
and a ring of snowmen (made from wooden spindles) holding hands around
the front tree. This display is new to the Christmas light tour in 2015.
14512 S. Summertree
Lane, Olathe, Kansas 66062 |
Olathe,
Kansas Olathe map F
Simpson
Family Christmas Lights
The Simpson Family has been developing this sound and light display
for about 6 years, but 2013 was their first year at this southwest Olathe
location. Christmas music plays softly over a speaker and the lights flash
on and off with the music. In 2014, there were nearly 16,000 lights, which
were regulated by 6 timers. There were 4 dedicated breakers just for lights.
New for 2015: There is a place to leave letters to Santa and Santa or one
of his elves will be out to visit on November 25-29 and December 5-23.
The program runs until January 1.
1085 S Wyckford Street,
Olathe, Kansas 66061 |
Olathe,
Kansas Olathe map C
Paulie's
Penguin Playhouse
The Craig family Christmas display started off in 2004 with 15 penguins
and a few Christmas lights, but has grown to nearly 150 lighted figures
which fill most of his yard at Mur-Len Road & Indian Creek Parkway
in Olathe, Kansas. In 2007 it took a crew six days to set up the Christmas
display. Many of the figures move, some play music, and there are even
penguin videos playing on the roof. This is the largest single display
in Johnson County, and one of the largest Christmas Displays in metropolitan
Kansas City. Longer
review.
16617 Indian Creek
Parkway, Olathe, Kansas 66062 |
Olathe,
Kansas Olathe map G
Christmas
Card Lane
Christmas Card Lane was once an entire subdivision of homes with extravagant
Christmas decorations & lights, tied together thematically by giant
Christmas cards with greetings from each family. It seemed that nearly
every home was decorated with Christmas lights and luminaries. Fewer homes
have been decorated in in Christmas Card Lane recent years, but there are
still many decorated homes and it is still worth a special visit.
Longer
review with more
photos and map.
West of Ridgeview and
north of 151st Street Olathe, KS 66062 |
Olathe,
Kansas Olathe map D
Anne
Shirley Drive Christmas Display
This display at the corner of Pineview Street and Anne Shirley Drive
is only about three blocks from the previous Pineview Street display. The
display has about 4,000 lights and was started in 2013. It is a little
smaller than many displays on this tour, but it right on the way as you
view other Christmas displays in this neighborhood.
Please email
if you can provide more details about this holiday display.
949 East Pineview Street,
Olathe, Kansas 66061 |
Olathe,
Kansas Olathe map I
Gallagher
Family Christmas Lights
160th Terrace Christmas Lights is new to this tour in 2014. It was
spotted while we were traveling to confirm the Arbor Landing display for
the new season. It is at the corner where West 160th Terrace and South
Matt Street meet and it is easiest to get there from Matt Street.
Rollie & Patsy
Gallagher moved to Madison Place in 2001 and have decorated every year
for Halloween and Christmas. They love to decorate for their great grandchildren.
18997 West 160th Terrace,
Olathe, KS 66062 |
Olathe,
Kansas
Olathe map E
Dorr
Family Light Show
After 5 years at their home on Fontana Street, the Dorr Family
Light Show moved to a new location behind the Prairie Village City
Hall in 2011. In 2014, the sound & light show
moved to Stagecoach Park in Olathe and it continues here in 2015. The show
runs 5:30 to 10PM on Monday - Thursday, 5:30 to 11PM on Friday - Sunday.
Tune your radio 100.5 to listen to the program while watching the
41,000 lights.
Donations
are accepted for the Olathe Mayor's Christmas Tree Fund.
1205 East Kansas City
Road, Kansas 66061 |
Olathe,
Kansas Olathe map J
Arbor
Landing Holiday Lights
Arbor Landing Holiday Lights was new to this tour in 2013. The trees
through the entire Arbor Landing subdivision are lit with green and white
lights, plus some homes have very attractive displays. Take the time to
drive every street.
This photos shows 161st
Street, which has signs saying it was an honorable mention in the Arbor
Landing Holiday Lights in 2013.
Please email
if you can provide more details about these holiday displays.
West Mur-Len at 162nd
Street Olathe, KS 66062 |
Olathe
Christmas Light Tour Map
This map will take you past all
of the featured home displays in the Olathe Christmas Light Tour.
The route is about 22 miles long and takes about 50 minutes to drive,
plus the time spent enjoying the holiday lights.
Displays A & B
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Displays C, D E
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Displays F & G
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Displays H, I & J
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West
Johnson County Christmas Light Displays
Shawnee,
Kansas West map A
Ahaus
Family Christmas Display
The Ahaus Family Christmas Display is new to this tour in 2015.
The lights flash to music playing from a a speaker and there is a sign
which says, "So you hear what I hear? Give us a little listen!" My favorite
parts ar the spiral striped columns flanking the door and the tall inflated
Space Sleigh next to it.
21324 W. 58th Street, Shawnee, Kansas 66218 |
Lenexa,
Kansas West map E
Alden
Christmas Light Display
The Alden Christmas Light Display is new to the tour for 2015. It
seems to have a little of everything wrapped together in one yard. Although
it wasn't very windy the night this photo was taken, the inflatables on
the far side of the yard were laying down.
9025 Alden Street,
Lenexa, Kansas 66220 |
Shawnee,
Kansas West map B
Williams
Christmas Lights
The Williams Family Holiday Program was presented in Overland Park,
for 10 years, but moved to Shawnee in 2012. There are 430 channels of computer
control in use and over 40,000 lights. This is one of the best shows we
have seen and has its own web
site. Contributions are accepted for Kansas City Rescue Mission. Tune
your car radio to 101.7 FM from 5:30 - 10:30PM though New Years.
6321 Millbrook Avenue, Shawnee, Kansas 66218 |
Lenexa,
Kansas West map F
Symphony
in Lights
The Symphony in Lights atop the Falcon Valley Speedy Car Wash in
Lenexa can be viewed from either side of the building, but the best views
are from the supermarket parking lot on the east side. We particularly
like the snowman on the roof of the car wash. Tune to 89.9 FM from 5-11PM
for the 40 minute long synchronized light program. 15 minutes will probably
be enough, but it is well worth the visit.
10150 Walker Street,
Lenexa, Kansas 66220 |
Shawnee,
Kansas West map C
Clark
Family Christmas
2015 is the fourth year for the Clark Family Christmas light and
music program. The house is on a very large lot and the lights are spread
over a wider area than appear in this photo. In addition to radio broadcast,
the music can be faintly hear outside. You can also tune your car radio
to 95.1 FM from 5:30 - 11:30PM, but the signal was quite weak when we visited.
6800 Maurer Road, Shawnee, Kansas 66217 |
De
Soto, Kansas West
map G
Kill
Creek Road Christmas
The large wooded lot at this home at Kill Creek Road and 91st Street
has many well lighted trees, plus other lighted decorations, including
two crosses. Only a portion of the display can be seen from any one location
and less than a third of the lights appear in this photo.
Please email
if you have more details about this display.
31965 W 91st Street,
De Soto, Kansas 66018 |
Shawnee,
Kansas West map D
Sar-Ko
Aglow
Sar-Ko Aglow is what the city of Lenexa calls the lighting ceremony
at Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park, but I think that is a good name for the park
during the rest of the Christmas season. The beautiful
collection of lighted trees around Rose's Pond is popular destination on
warm December nights.
14907 W 87th St Pkwy,
Lenexa, KS 66215 |
De
Soto, Kansas West
map H
Bell
Family Christmas
For 2014, the Bell Family has moved their Light O Rama west from
the former home on Mize Road in Shawnee. Tune your car radio to 88.3 FM
to listen to the music while watching the Light-O-Rama technology. The
program runs until 10PM on Sunday through Thursday and midnight on
Friday and Saturday.
8673 Brome Road, De
Soto, Kansas 66018 |
West Johnson County Christmas Map
Displays A, B & C
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Displays D, E & F
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Displays G & H
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Far
South Johnson County Christmas Light Displays
Gardner,
Kansas
Christmas
in the Park
In addition to the light display at Gardner's 25th Annual Christmas
in the Park, the 2015 holiday kicks off
with the Mayor's Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, Monday, November 30,
2015 at 7PM at Cornerstone Park. Seasonal music will be performed
by area school children. The event will include a Christmas time message
from Mayor Chris Morrow and the arrival of Santa. Santa's Workshop will
open immediately following the Mayor's Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony
on November 30 and will re-open December 6 and 13 from 5 - 6:30PM.
Cornerstone Park -
215 North Center, Gardner, Kansas 66030 |
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