Where to see South Australia’s best Christmas lights in our interactive map

The big day is almost upon us and we’ve made an interactive of the top Christmas lights around the state. See where to find the best displays in our map.

The magic of Christmas is officially here with festive spirits high ahead of December 25.

And what better way to get merry than to see SA’s best Christmas lights with the help of our interactive lights map.

It’s a beloved, annual tradition to go for a drive to see the top displays around the neighbourhood and get into the festive spirit.

Tap the banner below to explore our interactive Christmas lights map and submit the details of your display.

There are suburbs across the state decking their halls this festive season, and whether you want to keep it local or have a trek, you can plan your dazzling light display tour here.

Want to get in on the fun? Submit your house in the form here.

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Check out our list of the best Christmas light displays to visit on the lead up to the big day.

A LEGO-themed Christmas – 7 Pelham Street, Ethelton. Picture: Ellie Sibbald

Christmas at the Park – 27 Hoylake Crescent, Fairview Park Picture: Stephen Cieslak

Sturdee Street Lights – 27 Sturdee Street, Linden Park Picture: Nick Edwards

Calabro’s Christmas Display – 40 Penang Ave, Colonel Light Gardens Picture: Ester

Santa's Workshop – Alawoona Road, Munno Para Picture: Sandra Watherston

A Very Star Wars Christmas – 30 Gardiner Ave Warradale Picture: Andrew Walters

9. Firefighters Save Santa – 1 Garden Crescent, Murray Bridge Picture: Jiron Blacket

Lyndoch Post Office – 25-27 Barossa Valley Way, Lyndoch Picture: Lyndoch Post Office

Peg & Bill's Christmas Lane Lights Display – 5 Christmas Lane, Lobethal Picture: Bill Chartres

Ash Family Display – 10 Beverley Street, Morphett Vale Picture: Lauren

There are suburbs across the state decking their halls this festive season, and whether you want to keep it local or have a trek, you can plan your dazzling light display tour here.

Want to get in on the fun? Submit your house in the form here.

May the Xmas force be with you

Let the force be with you this Christmas! The iconic Star Wars themed Christmas lights display is back for its seventh year.

Andrew Walters and his family from Warradale have been kicking off the festive season with a sci-fi twist since 2015, with new additions to their Gardiner Ave lights display every year.

The family have been decorating their house for Christmas for 18 years, then added their Star Wars theme to fit in with their love of all things geeky.

“This year is certainly a robot theme that is building on from last year, we did import Grogu, or some people call him Baby Yoda, from The Mandalorian, from the US as an inflatable on the steps of the house,” Mr Walters said.

This year, new lights and a Death Star have been added to the display, which Mr Walters said attracts 100 to 200 people every night.

“On Christmas Eve there’s several hundred, maybe we get up to 600 or more … We’ve been going long enough now that we actually get people coming back and saying “I remember coming here when I was a kid and now I’m bringing my own kids.””

This Christmas’s trip to space first lit up the skies on December 2, of course with the Star Wars theme song, and will end on January 1.

Andrew and Kylie Walters with kids Amy (18), Liana (16), Emelia (14) and Thomas (11) have a Star Wars Xmas themed light display every year at their Warradale home. Picture: Kelly Barnes. Picture: Kelly Barnes

How SA’s best Christmas lights display was almost cut short

Peg and Bill Chartres’ iconic Christmas Lane Lights Display celebrates 40 years of dazzling the neighbourhood this year.

The couple started decorating their home, on Christmas Lane, when they moved to Lobethal in 1983 and began their display with just a single strand of festoon lights.

“It gets to the point where everyone, including family, ask us when we’re going to stop, but we just can’t,” Mrs Chartres said.

They started decorating their house back in September, and Mrs Chartres said they still have to make some finishing touches.

In 2008, due to their ill-health, they decided to put a halt on putting up their display because of the time and commitment it took.

Peg and Bill Chartres have been running their Christmas lights display in Lobethal for 40 years. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe

By 2012, however, they just couldn’t resist and after their health improved, back decorating.

“Peg and I both suffer from that shocking disease “Christmaslightous”, a terrible condition that makes you have to continue putting up lights once you start,” Mr Chartres said.

The Chartres’ display coincide with the return of the Lights of Lobethal Festival, the largest Christmas light show in the Southern Hemisphere, running from December 10 to December 31.

The Lobethal Lights were officially cancelled in 2020 because of Covid but still ran unofficially.

Haasini Allada, 11, and Aryan Hingvasiya, 8, enjoy Christmas lights on Golding Street, Beverley. Picture: Brenton Edwards

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