It’s one thing to cozy up inside your house and make a gingerbread house on your living room table, but it’s a whole other thing to walk through a town and actually feel like you’re in a gingerbread village. This small town in Kansas decks the halls every year with beautiful light displays that would make even the Grinch smile, and you’ll want to drive through it this December!
In 1950, the town of WaKeeney was nicknamed, “Christmas City Of The High Plains.”
Get Wakeeney/Facebook Today, it still holds true to that festive nickname.
More than 6,000 twinkling lights stretch across the streets.
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Complete with a 35-foot-tall artificial Christmas tree that serves as the town’s Christmas centerpiece.
Get Wakeeny/Facebook Each year, the town has a Christmas Tree Lighting on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. Santa is known to visit the town early during this time as well!
WaKeeney is considered the largest Christmas display between Kansas City & Denver.
Wakeeny/website With 3 miles of electrical wiring and an entire business district area outlined with 3,000 perimeter lights, WaKeeney has certainly made a name for itself as being the most extravagant and largest light display in the area.
1,400 pounds of fresh greenery and 1,100 yards fresh greenery garlands are used to decorate the town.
City of WaKeeney/website The area surrounding the grand Christmas tree is decorated with fresh greenery, handcrafted wreaths, bows, bells, and of course, more lights
There’s even a year-round North Pole play area.
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It features festive murals, sculptures, and a metal shed known as “Santa’s Workshop."
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One evening stroll through WaKeeney and you’ll instantly be put in the Christmas spirit.
City of WaKeeney/website The Christmas light displays are turned on every evening starting the Saturday after Thanksgiving all the way through New Year’s.
Have you been to WaKeeney before to see their fabulous Christmas light display? If so, what did you think? We’d love to hear about your memories there in the comments!
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Today, it still holds true to that festive nickname.
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Each year, the town has a Christmas Tree Lighting on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. Santa is known to visit the town early during this time as well!
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With 3 miles of electrical wiring and an entire business district area outlined with 3,000 perimeter lights, WaKeeney has certainly made a name for itself as being the most extravagant and largest light display in the area.
City of WaKeeney/website
The area surrounding the grand Christmas tree is decorated with fresh greenery, handcrafted wreaths, bows, bells, and of course, more lights
Terri Hoover/Google reviews
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The Christmas light displays are turned on every evening starting the Saturday after Thanksgiving all the way through New Year’s.
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Address: WaKeeney, KS 67672, USA
