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Is there any place other than McAdenville that has good organized showing of Christmas lights or even an all day Christmas theme event? My wife and I are heading to The Biltmore in early December and she wants to see the lights at McAdenville as a side trip. I am trying to find other things to do in the Charlotte area that is Christmasy. Thanks.
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Is there any place other than McAdenville that has good organized showing of Christmas lights or even an all day Christmas theme event? My wife and I are heading to The Biltmore in early December and she wants to see the lights at McAdenville as a side trip. I am trying to find other things to do in the Charlotte area that is Christmasy. Thanks.
Kings Mountain has had a light show downtown for 5 or 6 years. You park by the railroad tracks & bring up the audio on your radio. It lasts about 30 minutes.
NASCAR track...seriously. You drive on the track (& through the concourse) and the entire track is decorated in lights. The lights are timed to music that you play through your car radio. They also have a large screen showing Christmas movies that you can watch in your car, a live nativity, etc.
On a smaller scale, Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens has a nice peaceful quiet display of lights throughout the grounds.
Not sure the exact times, but the Phillips Place shopping center in SouthPark also has a small festival in the evenings and they play a pretty neat light show up on the side of the hotel building (it's much cooler than it sounds).
Kings Mountain has had a light show downtown for 5 or 6 years. You park by the railroad tracks & bring up the audio on your radio. It lasts about 30 minutes.
NASCAR track...seriously. You drive on the track (& through the concourse) and the entire track is decorated in lights. The lights are timed to music that you play through your car radio. They also have a large screen showing Christmas movies that you can watch in your car, a live nativity, etc. ...
On November 17th, I think that's a day before the general opening of the Display, there is a 5K run through the display/partially on the track. My wife and I did it last year and it is great! It wasn't exactly my best elapsed time run-wise but a great time otherwise. You get a whole other perspective than you do when you're in your car (we've done that too).
I thought the Speedway lights were very well done when I went, and they also have a little “Christmas Village,” although it’s not exactly cheap ($20-$30 per car).
McAdenville wasn’t bad but kinda overrated IMO, and the traffic can be insane.
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