Christmas lights · St. Louis, MO
St. Louis has an unusual number of drive-thrus — a county park, a raceway across the river and another out west — and one big walk-through at the Missouri Botanical Garden, where parking is free.
4 displays · 0 free · 0 with 2026 dates announced
Paid per car, not per person, so a full car is the cheap way to do it. Weekends are the busy nights.
A county-park drive through more than a million lights.
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Checked 2026-09-23 · St. Louis County Parks; KSDK (2025)
A 45-minute drive past over a million LEDs synced to music on 89.5 FM.
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Checked 2026-09-23 · wonderlightschristmas.com
Official siteA drive-thru light show with train and wagon rides — regulars recommend booking the train with the drive.
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Checked 2026-09-23 · santasmagicalkingdom.com
Official siteMostly ticketed per person, and on foot. Check the hours before you set out.
Around two million lights across the botanical garden — the biggest walk-through display in the area.
Getting in and parking
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Checked 2026-09-23 · missouribotanicalgarden.org
Official siteBefore 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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