Santa Clara County Tour O'Lights: Palo Alto House Dances To The Music

PALO ALTO, CA — Holiday light displays are shining across the Bay Area, and in Palo Alto, one home on Iris Way is putting on a real show.

Mark Robins is behind the holiday spectacular, which has earned accolades across the state, complete lights programmed to dance to more than two dozen Christmas, rock and pop hits every night through Jan. 6.

Robins told Patch the sound is off by default, but can be activated by pushing a button next to the blue tree. Revelers can also tune into the music from the comfort of their car by tuning the radio to 104.7 FM.

Dancing Lights of Iris Way

• Location: 131 Iris Way, Palo Alto
• Time: 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. nightly, now through Jan. 6, 2025.

See it in action below!

Can the holiday lights on your home be seen from space? Does it look like the Las Vegas strip?
If you've spent days or weeks painstakingly hanging strands of lights on your house, palm trees and shrubs, or hauling multiple figurines out to your lawn — Patch wants to hear from you.

This month, we're compiling a Patch California tour o' lights, where readers can explore the best holiday light displays in Northern California.

We aim to have the list up as soon as possible — so email photos and a description of your winter wonderland to Kat Schuster at kat.schuster@patch.com.

A few details:

• If you’re including a video, please upload it to YouTube and send us the link so we can embed it (make sure it's marked “public”). We also request that the homeowner submit their own yard or a close relative.
• We’ll keep updating the list for your neighborhood and county throughout December.
• Once you've provided the information — and submitted a photo or two or a video (after you uploaded it to YouTube) — you will be entered and included in our roundup.
• Pro-tip: If you haven't photographed your light display before, a good time to take photos is at dusk.
• IMPORTANT: By submitting a photo, you're allowing Patch to publish it for this feature and future stories. Photos should be original and taken by the person submitting the photo.
• So, be sure to check back for updates and sign up for your local Patch.com newsletters as well!
• Please copy and paste the following information into an email, along with photos or videos, and follow these guidelines:
• Include the exact address of the yard display and your phone number (not for publication) in case we need to get in touch with you.
• Let us know the dates when your holiday display goes live and when it shuts off for the evening.
• Does your winter wonderland have a name? Be sure to include it, or we can help you make one up.
• Tell us what makes your twinkly lights special. Will you be planning anything special for your display, like Santa or other holiday characters, FM frequencies for your synchronized light show, walk-throughs, popcorn machines, etc.?
• Does your display have a Facebook page or website? Be sure to include the links.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you. Remember, email Kat Schuster(kat.schuster@patch.com) to submit photos of your holiday lights.