The next chapter of Christmas Light Search
A brighter Christmas starts here
Find displays near you, save your favourites and plan a route.
We’ve rebuilt Christmas Light Search to make finding Christmas lights in Australia easier, more personal and more enjoyable. A fresh mobile experience, interactive maps, saved favourites, visit tracking and personal routes bring the whole evening together, from the first “where shall we go?” to the last sparkling stop.
What’s new on Christmas Light Search?
The redevelopment brings discovery and planning into one experience: explore Christmas light displays on a map, browse suburbs and local areas, save favourites in My Christmas, track visits and arrange displays into personal routes. Community Routes, Featured displays, ratings, photos and Christmas guides offer more ways to choose where to go.
Anyone who has organised a Christmas lights outing knows the little juggling act: an address in one message, a screenshot in another, and a favourite street you can never quite remember. The new website is designed around that real evening out, with your plans close at hand on your phone.
Find Christmas lights near you, then follow your curiosity
Start with a postcode, use your current location or explore the Map of Lights. Move around the map to see what’s nearby, narrow your search with display filters and open a display’s details while keeping your place on the map.
Prefer to browse? The Suburb List and local-area discovery pages offer another way in. You can stay close to home, look around a neighbouring suburb or explore a different region when you’re travelling.
A little inspiration goes a long way
Featured displays highlight standout lights, while Top Voted houses offer inspiration from visitor ratings. Christmas destinations, curated display lists and articles help you find ideas beyond the familiar streets.
Richer display details bring together photos, descriptions, lighting dates and times, events and features where supplied. Seasonal confirmation information helps you distinguish a display confirmed for the season from an older listing. Always check the latest details before heading out: weather and a homeowner’s plans can change.
My Christmas: your favourites, your discoveries, your progress
My Christmas gives your season a home of its own. Save the displays you love, come back to your shortlist and mark the places you’ve visited. Your progress becomes a reminder of the evenings you’ve enjoyed, as well as a useful way to spot somewhere new.
Set your location explicitly to discover nearby displays and explore local recommendations. Looking around another area on the public map remains separate from that saved location, so planning a trip doesn’t quietly move your home base.
Feeling spontaneous? The Surprise me experience adds a playful way to uncover a nearby display. And the shared My Christmas bar keeps favourites and routes within reach as you explore the website, with a quick dashboard that saves you retracing your steps.
Less friction on your phone
The new design puts mobile browsing first: clear controls, photo-led display cards and details that open over the page you’re exploring. You can look closer, save a display and return to your browsing without starting the search again.
Turn “we should see that one” into your own Christmas lights route
Personal Routes let you gather the displays you want to visit into one plan. Add stops as you discover them, give the route a name and arrange the order to suit your evening. You might build a short after-dinner loop, collect a few must-see houses or plan a longer festive adventure.
Community Routes add local inspiration. Explore public routes other Christmas light lovers have put together and save favourites. With an account, you can copy a Community Route into your own personal plan or submit your own route for review before it becomes public.
A route is a collection of places you choose, with an order you control. Leave room for the unplanned moments too: a conversation at the gate, a display you spot around the corner or one more stop before home.
Built around the people who switch the lights on
Christmas Light Search began in 2008 with a simple idea: help people who love decorating connect with people who love looking at Christmas lights. The redevelopment carries that idea forward. A better website matters because it helps more people discover the creativity and effort behind each display.
New and improved contribution tools cover adding a display, suggesting updated details and contributing photos to an existing listing. Submissions are reviewed before publication, helping the directory remain useful while giving the community ways to keep information fresh.
Homeowner tools give display owners clearer access to their associated displays, details and photos through their account. Managing a listing is easier, leaving more time for the work of creating the display itself.
“The idea is simple: spend less time piecing together a plan, and more time enjoying the lights.”
Christmas Light Search
A community project, with a brighter future
The directory remains free to explore and free to list a display. Community contributions and donations help support the work behind it. This rebuild brings a fresh chapter to a project made possible by display owners, families, visitors and a small team who love Christmas lights.
Your questions, answered
How can I find Christmas lights near me?
Open the Map of Lights and enter a postcode or choose your current location. You can also browse by suburb or region, then open a display to check its photos, address and available lighting information.
What can I save in My Christmas?
My Christmas brings together favourite displays, visited locations and personal routes. Local discovery modules help you find more displays once you set your location.
Does a listing mean the lights are on tonight?
No. Check the display’s seasonal confirmation, dates, lighting times and any notices before travelling. A listing can remain available from a previous season, and conditions may change.
Is the new website free to use?
Yes. Christmas Light Search is free to explore, and there is no fee to list a Christmas light display.