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VENTURA COUNTY HOLIDAY LIGHTS DISPLAYS (Updated 12/18/2016)

Family Fun To Celebrate the Holidays

By Informational Post December 18, 2016
One of the highlights each December is to go to various neighborhoods in Ventura County and catch all the very cool light displays that our neighbors and friends have created in our neighborhoods. So I thought I would start a list of where you can go to see Christmas lights this year.

CAMARILLO
Gemini Street: The top spot for viewing Christmas lights in Camarillo is on Gemini Street in Camarillo. The homes on Gemini Street and Waverly Avenue south of Dunnigan Street in Camarillo are annually lit up and decorated with cartoon characters, trains, Santa's, snowmen, and plenty of lights and other decorations to celebrate the holiday season. You can choose to drive it or to walk it. To get there take Arneill Street North past Ponderosa to Dunnigan. Turn right on Dunnigan and Gemini is the 4th street on your right.

Random Houses
1728 Fenmore Ct, Camarillo VIDEO Tune to station 93.5 to listen   

East Belair Ct.,Camarillo - The Christmas Pig! We love this house! Check out his Facebook page

Manzanita St., Camarillo - Giant Inflatable Snowman display. This house also boasts a gigantic inflatable snowman about 20 feet tall!

Santa Rosa Valley @ 10291 Principe Pl. Tune your radio station to 99.1 when you get out there and the lights go to the music.

Village at the Park: Will be hosting a Holiday Lights contest for best house. So drive by and check out all the entries.

New Submissions added 12/18:
2067 San Onofre off Upland in Camarillo
 
Beechwood St. & Baywood Ave. in Camarillo

10291 Principe Pl.  in Camarillo tune your radio to station 99.1 when you get out there and the lights go to the music.

Tune to 88.7 FM for a new light show synced with music in town at Kendall Ave. in Camarillo, across from Los Primeros School. 

FILLMORE
Fillmore @ 360 C Street, lovely Christmas Decor lights up the corner of C Street and Sespe! Please drive by and view for yourself, the Melgozas have been decorating their home for many years, and we were invited inside their home to view all the beautiful decor of their Christmas Village!

Fillmore @ Edgewood and Taylor Lane, feel free to take the family out for a tour in the evening to usher in the Christmas spirit! 

MOORPARK
Pinedale in Moorpark: View a neighborhood that has taken christmas decorations to new heights. You will find this on Pinedale Rd, Clearwood Rd, Cedardale Rd, and surounding streets in Moorpark, daily from 5pm to 10pm.

OXNARD
At Plaza Park: The 11th Annual Winter Fantasy Music & Light Show in Plaza Park, 5th and B Street running from December 2 to January 1. Shows run every 15 minutes from 5PM to 10PM. The Historic Pagoda becomes a high-tech interactive experience, allowing visitors to participate in a spectacular computer-orchestrated show featuring over 30,000 flashing colored lights, holiday music, animated characters and lit trees.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvUU-YaI1ic

CHRISTMAS TREE LANE: Every holiday season, one of Ventura County's biggest residential light displays lights up the historic section of Downtown Oxnard on F and G streets between 5th and Palm. Christmas Tree Lane opens Sunday December 11th thru 25th from 6pm to 10pm daily. Come see the "Colors of Christmas" at the largest Residential Christmas Display in Ventura County.

HOLLY TROLLY TOURS:December 13, 14,  and 15 and choose from tours leaving at 6pm,7pm or 8pm: Shop and Tour historic Oxnard with the “Holly Trolley Tours.” Start your tour with the new Makers Market next to Plaza Park. Then depart for Heritage Square to view Gingerbread houses and it‘s on to Christmas Tree Lane in the Henry T. Oxnard Historic District. Price includes hot cocoa and sweets along the route. $12 per person. BUY TICKETS HERE 

Christmas Tree Lane Visitor Tips:
  • Decorations are on from 6PM though 10PM every night.
  • Visitors are asked not to walk in private yards or driveways, unless allowed by residents.
  • Visitors can walk the route (the best way to fully take it all in) by parking on adjacent side streets and making the 10 block loop. Warm attire is recommended.
  • Trash receptacles are provided by the City of Oxnard at most intersections.
  •  Portable restrooms have been available since 2007 at 3rd and F Streets.
  • Visitors in vehicles are asked to keep headlights on for safety reasons. 
  • In 2008 guided weeknight Trolley Tours were added that included a loop through downtown’s Heritage Square and Plaza Park’s Christmas displays of Ventura County’s tallest Christmas tree (over 110 feet) and 30,000 computer-synchronized lights on the historic Plaza Park Pagoda Bandstand. 
  • Please respect the privacy of all residents. Please keep children attended with adults at all times, do not allow them to touch or climb on any exhibits - this is for their own safety!
  • Please be courteous when the crowds are larger on weekends and the sidewalks are congested.
VENTURA
Submitted by a reader:
This is my first year putting on a Christmas Light Show (Lights synchronized to the music), we're at 8373 Wabash Street in Ventura, CA and you can also take a look at the display on YouTube below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvKb_cakETw&feature=youtu.be

California Sleigh Rides 
www.CaliforniaSleighRides.com
Reservations Required. Call: 805-642-7753
December 9-15 – December 18-31, 2016
Departs 5:45pm or 7:30pm
$18 adults/$12 kids/ infants $5

A ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH California-style! Take a California Sleigh Ride through the Ventura Harbor and Ventura Keys with Ventura Boat Rentals!  Holiday lights dazzle as they reflect upon the water from boats in the Ventura Harbor, Ventura Harbor Village, and the decked out homes in the Ventura Keys neighborhood along the canals.  Complimentary hot cocoa & holiday cookies or wintery drinks such as famous “Reindeer Milk” from the onboard bar.  

Cool California Caroling Cruises
Runs December 9-10, 13-15, 18-21 and 23
Departs 6:30 p.m.
$16 adults / $10 child / Infant FREE 
Reservations required at http://islandpackers.com/harbor-cruises/

FA LA LALALALALALALA! Warm up your pipes with family and friends on a one-hour Island Packers Caroling Cruise on select weekday evenings in December. Start a unique holiday tradition and make new friends aboard a 64’ catamaran.  Laugh and enjoy serenading the families in the Ventura Harbor and Ventura Keys waterfront neighborhood with joyful holiday favorite tunes (singing not required). Advance reservations recommended and bring a scarf! 

Please comment if you have another area to add to our list of lights on display.

To find other areas with Christmas Light shows visit http://www.christmaslightfinder.com/