Joyful Christmas Light Display In West Babylon

WEST BABYLON, NY — Patch put out a call for recommendations on the best holiday light shows at individual homes and neighborhoods across the region, and here's another fantastic family holiday display you shouldn't miss: on Herzel Boulevard in West Babylon.

Plus, the family is accepting donations for the Suffolk County Make A Wish Foundation.

West Babylon

1101 Herzel Boulevard. Lights on nightly 6-11L30 p.m. till New Years Day. Donations accepted for Suffolk County Make A Wish.

See other recommendations from nearby communities here:

Lindenhurst

• A house at 240 S. 3rd St in Lindenhurst will be all lit up, weather permitting, from 5-11 p.m. every night until Jan. 6. Santa will be stopping by Saturday 6 to 8 p.m.
• Everyone seems to enjoy driving by 36 Irene St. It is lit up before 5 p.m. and stays on until 11 p.m.

North Babylon

• Head to Avelaine Court, where there will be more than 30,000 lights glittering through the holiday. There's also a sleigh you can sit in for photo ops. Check out the Santa hologram window effect! The lights are synced to music played through a FM radio station. It's a 2022 Babylon Beautification Committee winner.

Deer Park

• Take a drive to 156 W 15th St. in Deer Park, which will be all lit up through Jan. 2. Lights are generally on from 5-10 p.m. Please admire from the street! The owners ask that no one walk on the lawn, for safety and to avoid damage to the display.
• 50 Pebble Lane where it's amazing to watch the changing lights — and listen, because there are more than 90 songs as part of a synchronized soundtrack — and it provides an opportunity to do good during this season of giving. The family is accepting donations for the Make A Wish Foundation. Hours are 5-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday and Friday-Sunday from 5-11 p.m. You can tell them how much you like it on the Facebook page.

Enjoy!

We're still accepting recommendations, by the way. Email Lanning.Taliaferro@patch.com with locations.

For many of us, taking in our neighbors’ outdoor holiday lighting displays and other decorative touches is as much a part of the season as exchanging gifts and singing Christmas carols.Patch and T-Mobile are partnering to help you compile a list of lights around Lindenhurst, Bay Shore, Deer Park and Babylon that deserve a drive-by.

There’s a good reason twinkling holiday lights and colorful displays make us feel good, according to mental health experts.

“It does create that neurological shift that can produce happiness,” Psychologist Deborah Serani, a senior professor at New York’s Adelphi University, told NBC’s “Today” show. “I think anything that takes us out of our normal habituation, the normal day in, day out ... signals our senses, and then our senses measure if it’s pleasing or not.”

Decorating for the holidays “will spike dopamine, a feel-good hormone,” she said. “For a lot of us, Christmas is a magical time, it’s a time of innocence. It’s a time of joy.”

So who else has great light displays locally? Let us know the address. Also please send a photo (that you took yourself) to appear in our holiday roundups!