Best Christmas lights in Atlanta

December 9, 2006 3:12 PM

I'd like to take my kids on a drive of the best Christmas lights in Atlanta. Can anyone point me to the best houses to include on our drive? Feel free to e-mail me privately if you don't want to post the address on the Internet.
posted by katyjack to Travel & Transportation around Atlanta, GA (4 answers total)

Start on West Paces Ferry, West of Peachtree, East of 75 and go from there.
posted by WetherMan at 3:51 PM on December 9, 2006

I used to go to a Christmas party off Columns Drive in Marietta every year. Each house was more spectacular than the one before it. Weathly buggers trying to outdo each other. They pay companies to come in and light up their private stretch of night sky.
posted by TheGoldenOne at 8:35 PM on December 9, 2006

There is a house on Tuxedo Road between Valley Rd and Blackland Rd that always has a really impressive display.
posted by Frank Grimes at 4:17 PM on December 10, 2006

It's not exactly Atlanta, and it costs a little bit (I think $20 with the coupon at Publix), but it's pretty neat, especially for kids--the lights at Lake Lanier! Bundle everyone up, pack a Thermos of hot cocoa and enjoy the drive. It's neat because they arrange the lights in icons of the holidays like snowflakes, Santa, reindeer, etc.
posted by FergieBelle at 4:57 AM on December 11, 2006