Christmas Lights 2020 Guide In Northern Virginia, Fredericksburg

VIRGINIA — Every year, Patch puts together a guide of homes with the most impressive Christmas and holiday displays. We asked, and you answered.

We've rounded up submissions by town in our coverage area, which includes Northern Virginia and the Fredericksburg area. These residents go all out with handmade displays, dazzling lights and synchronized shows, sometimes drawing visitors from out of town.

We'll continue to update this guide with more displays through Christmas Eve. Submit your address and photos by email to Emily.Leayman@patch.com. Submit your display location, photos and other relevant information to Emily.Leayman@patch.com. Please only submit photos you took and give Patch permission to publish in our holiday display guide.

If you want to head out on a driving tour of holiday displays, we've included the displays and their addresses below.

Alexandria

1307 Bunker Hill Road, Alexandria, VA: This Christmas display set to music was submitted by Brittany Patterson of The Patterson Group at TTR Sotheby’s International Realty.

6614 Benson Drive, Alexandria, VA: This display has lights synchronized to music and several inflatables including a 20-foot snowman. It is on daily from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Westgate Drive from Old Vernon Road to Cherrytree Drive, Alexandria, VA: This street has plenty of houses decorated.

6561 Kelsey Point Circle, Alexandria, VA: This display in Kingstowne is among numerous houses in the circle with lights displayed. The home's lights are on 24/7 and include lights in the back of the house.

Holiday Card Lane, East Luray Avenue and other streets, Alexandria, VA: An entire Del Ray neighborhood has a "Holiday Card" lane tradition featuring oversized cards in the front yards. Resident Wendy Moniz reports that there are more than 30 over three blocks. The tradition started in 2014, inspired by Christmas Card Lane in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Resident Rebecca VanZoeren grew up there and thought it would be fun to recreate in Del Ray. To see the Holiday Card Lane displays, start on Mount Vernon Avenue and turn onto the 300 block of East Luray Avenue. You can walk or drive the four blocks where most cards are. At Commonwealth Avenue, make a right and then another right on East Alexandria Avenue.

Editor's note: Collingwood Lights and Farmer's Christmas House will not be open for the 2020 season.

Arlington

2330 N Powhatan Street, Arlington VA: Over a dozen inflatables are part of this display. The inflatables are up every day, unless windy or rainy, and are off at 8:30 p.m.

3140 N Piedmont Street, Arlington, VA: Gail and Doug Kouril have done a traditional lighting display since moving into the Bellevue Forest neighborhood in 1992. Drive through the entire Bellevue Forest neighborhood to see all the holiday decorations.

3601 John Marshall Drive, Arlington, VA: This home is decked out with holiday lights and decorations. The photo below was taken by drone, but you can get a clearer view by visiting it in person.

Centreville

A Ritter Family Christmas, 5700 Claret Place, Centreville, VA: Mark Ritter and family's Christmas display features around 35,000 LED lights with lit up figures, animated scenes, and a set of light up blow mold soldiers. Decorations are synchronized to music, and visitors can listen to 105.7 FM on the radio at the display. New this year to the display are singing trees. The family collects food donations for Western Fairfax Christian Ministries. Visit the Facebook page for more information.

Dale City

Anderson's North Pole, 15615 Bushey Drive, Dale City, VA: This display runs from Dec. 1 to 25 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. It is closed on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. Visitors are asked to remain in their vehicles and not walk up to the display this year. Check the Facebook page for full rules and weather cancellations.

Editor's note: Reagon Ct Christmas Lights in Dale City will not be open for the 2020 season.

Fairfax

10512 Dillard Court, Fairfax, VA: The Millers decorated their yard with plenty of color and stringed lights and cords. There's a little neighborly competition going on, as the house next door at the Briar and Dillard intersection is also fully decorated. Regan Miller says many neighbors have plenty of decorations up, so the area is worth driving by.

9804 Kirktree Court, Fairfax, VA: Starting on Dec. 5 to Jan. 1, this local favorite display will be on from 5:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. every night. For viewer safety, visitors are asked to stay out of the yard and not touch any decorations. Visitors are permitted to walk up the driveway.

Fairfax Station

5911 One Penny Drive, Fairfax Station, VA: This display has a message on the roof and is up to 26,700 lights.

Falls Church

Polar Acres, 510 East Broad Street, Falls Church, VA: Artist John Lanouette's display with handcrafted items is back. Visitors can walk through the yard to see the festive decorations. According to his Enchanted Sculptures Facebook page, visitors are asked to courteous and practice social distancing.

Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania

4809 Harvest Glen Court Fredericksburg, VA: This display features thousands of lights, inflatables, hand made lollipops, lighted figures, stakes, magnets, wreaths and more. It is on from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. every day.

96 Carriage Hill Drive, Fredericksburg, VA: This display boasts 30 inflatables and a homemade LOVE sign, a Christmas train, state of Virginia sign, and plenty of bright lights. The display is on Sunday to Thursday from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Friday to Saturday from 5 p.m. to midnight. If windy, inflatables will be off.

6013 Wickenden Street, Fredericksburg, VA: Alan and Dolly Bartley of Spotsylvania have made their holiday display a tradition since 2016. Their neighborhood does holiday judging each year, and the Bartleys won a spot in the last three years. The neighborhood itself is worth a visit since plenty of houses are lit up.

1036 Bakersfield Lane, Fredericksburg, VA: This home features 16 inflatables and lights on the house and shrubbery. One of the highlights is an inflatable Stegosaurus dinosaur on top of a car wagging his tail. The display features continuous Christmas-themed music. The inflatables are turned on during the day, and the lights are on at night until around 11 p.m. daily. In cases of moderate to heavy rains or windy conditions, inflatables will not be on but lights will.

10 Mintwood Drive, Fredericksburg VA

6705 Plantation Forest Drive, Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA: "With all that is going on would love to keep the tradition of families riding around looking at Christmas lights," resident Tammy Decatur wrote about the display.

Gainesville

Royal Sydney Drive, Gainesville VA: This holiday display is a fun play on the pandemic era. Bonus points for the Grinch stealing toilet paper.

Leesburg

Edwards Landing Lights, Leesburg, VA: Starting on Dec. 6 through Dec. 27, this display synchronized to music will be on from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. nightly. By request of the residents, anyone who wants to visit is asked to send a message on Facebook to receive the address. Visitors must follow the COVID-19 precautions and rules outlined on Facebook. Donations will be collected for Johns Hopkins University Hospital with a donation box in the driveway or through Venmo @Edwards-Landing-Lights. Full information is available on the display Facebook page. Below is a video from 2019.

Springfield

Griswold Lite, 7570 Glen Pointe Court, Springfield, VA: This display is on every day from 4:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Vienna

705 Birch Street SW, Vienna, VA: This DIY display was submitted by Thomas Burke.

10140 and 10131 Hillington Court, Vienna, VA: This cul-de-sac goes all out for Christmas. A gingerbread village made scratch is featured, and new pieces are added every year.

Ni Family Lights, 2528 Drexel Street, Vienna, VA: This display is synchronized to a lineup of songs. It runs Sunday to Thursday from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Friday to Saturday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., regardless of weather. The display will be available through Dec. 31. Visit the display Facebook page for information on songs and guidelines for visitors.

Oakton Park Court, Vienna, VA: This cul-de-sac has lights and decorations to show off, with the leading display at 2733 Oakton Park Court. It will take donations on Venmo @OaktonParkLights to benefit Vienna VA Foodies to coordinate a food delivery for food insecure families at Mosby Woods Elementary and Cunningham Park Elementary.