Kentucky: Lights Under Louisville
Kentucky's lights shine the brightest underground. At Lights Under Louisville, the Louisville Mega Cavern (a former limestone mine) is transformed into a 30-minute Christmas-themed drive-through holiday experience lit by more than six million shimmering lights.
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Louisiana: Celebration in the Oaks
It just isn't Christmas in New Orleans until the lights at Celebration in the Oaks flip their switch. Every year since the late 1980s, visitors pour into City Park to see the hundreds of thousands of lights twinkling throughout the oak groves. Choose between a 90-minute walking tour and a 30- to 45-minute driving tour, or buy a combo ticket to enjoy both. However you decide to take in the spectacle, know that the proceeds will go toward keeping City Park beautiful all year long.