Seasonal & Holidays

Get Your Christmas Lights Fix At This NJ Spot — Without Leaving The Car

PNC Bank Art Center's Magic of Lights in Holmdel officially opens Nov. 22. Here's what you should know.

For Garden State residents ready to get in the Christmas spirit, only days remain before the opening of one of New Jersey's most dazzling holiday lights displays.
For Garden State residents ready to get in the Christmas spirit, only days remain before the opening of one of New Jersey's most dazzling holiday lights displays. (Jenna Fisher/Patch)

NEW JERSEY — For Garden State residents ready to get in the Christmas spirit, only days remain before the opening of one of New Jersey's most dazzling holiday lights displays.

PNC Bank Art Center's Magic of Lights in Holmdel officially opens Nov. 22. The drive-thru Christmas lights display has become an annual holiday tradition for some New Jersey residents and continues through Jan. 4.

"Magic of Lights is a dazzling, drive-through holiday lights experience featuring favorite holiday scenes and characters of the season using the latest LED technology and digital animations," the event's website states. "Experience Magic of Lights from the comfort and safety of your own car as you wind through the sparkling path of Holmdel’s new holiday tradition."

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Sue Moll, the co-host of 92.7 Morning Show with Shawn & Sue, called the display "magical" and a "spectacular" way to bring the holidays to life.

"I can't wait for this every year, with so many Christmas lights and a drive-through," Moll wrote for 94.3 The Point. "It's become a family tradition in my house."

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Tickets for the event are currently on sale. Weekday tickets for a standard vehicle are $20 while anytime tickets are $25. Limo, party bus and bus tickets are also available.

The lights display will be open from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Learn more about Magic of Lights online.

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