Christmas lights · Boston, MA
Boston's lights are almost all free and almost all walkable, strung along a route from Faneuil Hall through the Common and Public Garden to Commonwealth Avenue. The T gets you to all of them.
5 displays · 5 free · 0 with 2026 dates announced
All free, and all on foot. Check when each one is lit before you set out.
The city's official tree on the Common, with the skating rink lit alongside.
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Checked 2026-09-23 · Meet Boston (2025)
The trees and monuments of the Public Garden and the whole Comm Ave mall strung with lights.
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Checked 2026-09-23 · Meet Boston (2025)
The big tree at Quincy Market.
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Checked 2026-09-23 · Meet Boston (2025)
The long waterfront trellis wrapped in lights.
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Checked 2026-09-23 · Meet Boston (2025)
The neighborhood lit up, with the Snowport holiday market.
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Checked 2026-09-23 · Meet Boston (2025)
Before you go
Most displays announce the season in October or November. Until they do, we show last year's dates and say so, rather than guess this year's. Every card shows the day we last checked it and where the facts came from.
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