Best Christmas Displays Sought For The 2019 Patch Tour o' Lights

ILLINOIS — If you've spent days or weeks painstakingly hanging strands of lights on your house, trees and shrubs, or hauling multiple figurines out to your lawn, Patch wants to hear from you.

We're compiling a list where readers can tour the best holiday light displays in the Chicago area. If your winter wonderland is worth a drive-by, shoot us an email at lorraine.swanson@patch.com.

We'll keep updating the list through Dec. 24, so keep an eye on your daily morning newsletters and the Patch Facebook pages. (Wait a second, you haven't subscribed to your local Patch newsletter? Get started here.)

Send us some photos and/or links to videos of your Christmas light display. (We prefer that the homeowner submit his or her own yard, or an immediate neighbor or close relative.) Please include the following information:

• The exact address of the lawn display.
• The dates and hours when your display will be available for viewing, so people aren't ringing your doorbell or bothering your neighbors in the middle of the night.
• Your display's name, if it has one.
• Tell us about any special effects, such as singing trees, stuffed reindeer, live actors, etc.
• A link to your Facebook page or website, if you have one.
• Are you collecting at-will donations for a charity, food pantry or pet shelter? Let us know.
• A phone number (not for publication) in case Patch needs to contact you.
• A photo of the display. (By submitting a photo, you're giving Patch permission to publish it)

We do our best to verify each address, but please don't submit a home you recall from five or ten years ago. That person may no longer be decorating their house and we don't want people wasting gas.

Don't be shy! Share your creativity so the rest of us can enjoy it. Questions? Contact Lorraine Swanson by email at lorraine.swanson@patch.com.