California Christmas Lights & Displays: Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego

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The California Christmas Lights (CCL) website is the largest and most comprehensive collection of the best Christmas light displays from all of California: San Francisco Bay Area, Central Valley, Sacramento, Los Angeles and San Diego.

Now with 311 Houses (311 confirmed for 2022), in 132 Cities, in 35 Counties.
(29 of the 2022 confirmed Houses have multiple houses in their display)

2022 was our 24^th year of showing you the best Christmas displays in California.

You are 1 of 39 visitors on the site now (Site last updated: 12/17/2022)

When my family moved to Livermore in 1992, we relied on newspaper listings to find local homes decorated with Christmas lights. The local newspaper was helpful but many times we would get lost or stumble on a "stinker". photo: Alex Dourov

So, I created a searchable database of confirmed and verified Christmas light displays so that everyone could avoid disappointing wild goose chases based on bad information. LightsOfTheValley.com was published on December 11, 1999. Due to expansion, its now called CaliforniaChristmasLights.com

NOTE: The California Christmas Lights site always "Closes" on New Years Day.
The site will "Open" again on the Friday After Thanksgiving Day!

Select a Community by County

Quick View (All the best in one easy to use spot)

Alameda County: All Cities, Alameda, Castro Valley, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Newark, Oakland, Pleasanton, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Union City

Amador County: All Cities, Jackson

Butte County: All Cities, Chico, Oroville

Calaveras County: All Cities, Copperopolis

Contra Costa County: All Cities, Antioch, Brentwood, Concord, Danville, Martinez, Oakley, Pleasant Hill, San Ramon

El Dorado County: All Cities, Cameron Park, Placerville

Fresno County: All Cities, Fresno

Kern County: All Cities, Bakersfield, Lake Isabella, Ridgecrest

Lake County: All Cities, Clearlake, Lakeport

Los Angeles County: All Cities, Burbank, Lakewood, Long Beach, Palmdale, Pasadena, Sherman Oaks, South Gate, Valencia

Marin County: All Cities, Novato

Mendocino County: All Cities, Redwood Valley, Ukiah

Merced County: All Cities, Los Banos

Napa County: All Cities, Napa

Orange County: All Cities, Aliso Viejo, Anaheim, Buena Park, Fullerton, Garden Grove, La Habra, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Orange, Placentia, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, Santa Ana, Yorba Linda

Placer County: All Cities, Lincoln, Rocklin, Roseville

Riverside County: All Cities, Jurupa Valley, Menifee, Murrieta, Perris, Riverside, Temecula, Winchester

Sacramento County: All Cities, Antelope, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Fair Oaks, Folsom, Mather, Orangevale, Rancho Cordova, Rosemont, Sacramento

San Bernardino County: All Cities, Apple Valley

San Diego County: All Cities, Carlsbad, El Cajon, Escondido, Oceanside, San Diego

San Joaquin County: All Cities, Lathrop, Manteca, Stockton, Tracy

San Luis Obispo County: All Cities, Nipomo

San Mateo County: All Cities, Pacifica, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo

Santa Barbara County: All Cities, Goleta

Santa Clara County: All Cities, Campbell, Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Gatos, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale

Santa Cruz County: All Cities, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley

Shasta County: All Cities, Palo Cedro, Redding, Shasta Lake

Solano County: All Cities, Benicia, Fairfield, Suisun City, Vacaville

Sonoma County: All Cities, Penngrove, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Windsor

Stanislaus County: All Cities, Ceres, Hughson, Modesto, Riverbank, Salida, Turlock

Sutter County: All Cities, Yuba City

Tulare County: All Cities, Tulare

Ventura County: All Cities, Fillmore, Newbury Park, Westlake Village

Yolo County: All Cities, Davis, West Sacramento

Yuba County: All Cities, Plumas Lake

Check out our Daily Stats - Read the Latest News and Updates to CCL!

5,407,962 Visitors Since 1999 as of 12/31/2022. 359,278 Visitors in 2022
(Thanksgiving to New Years only)

The San Jose Mercury News & East Bay Times posted this article on 12/17/2022 PDF

The SFGate BEST DISPLAYS list is here 12/16/2022

The San Jose Mercury News & East Bay Times posted this article on 11/23/2022

December 26, 2021: The website broke the 5 million user mark today!.

The 2021 Best Displays on SF Gate and SF Chronicle are here 12/7/2021

The San Jose Mercury News & East Bay Times ran a nice article about this website 11/22/2021.

Congrats to the Berndt Family of Santa Rosa for their GRAND PRIZE win on ABC TV The Great Christmas Light Fight! Their display has been a MUST SEE on the CCL website for a few years now.

December 25, 2019: The website broke the 4 million user mark today!.

December 1, 2017: The website broke the 3 million user mark today!.

SFGate posted this article about the best Bay Area Christmas displays 12/13/2020

San Jose Mercury News and East Bay Times article written on 11/24/2020

KCBS-San Francisco wrote an article About CCL on 12/20/2019

CBS Radio station KCBS-San Francisco interviewed Alex Dourov on 12/19/2019

SFGate posted an article about some of the wonderful displays on this website 12/7/2019

Sacramento News Radio KFBK interviewed Alex Dourov live on 12/12/14

CBS Radio station KCBS-San Francisco interviewed Alex Dourov live on 12/12/2014

ABC Radio station KGO-San Francisco interviewed Alex Dourov on 12/16/2010.

ABC Radio station KGO interviewed Alex Dourov on 12/17/2011 (18:36 min)

ABC Radio station KGO interviewed Alex Dourov on 11/29/2013 (3:02 min)

CBS Radio and TV (KCBS and KPIX) posted a homepage article about this website CCL

Alex Dourov was interviewed on Sacramento's KFBK on 12/13/2010. (2:41 min)

Alex was interviewed on KFBK on 12/21/2012, (2:56 min)

Radio stations KKIQ/KKDV interviewed Alex Dourov on December 17, 2009. (5:30 min)

NOVA TV, a European TV network, broadcast this video across 8 countries in Europe about Alex Dourov and CCL on December 24, 2009. This version of the video does NOT have a narration, but download this PDF FIRST, which contains the narration as translated into English (from Croatian).

KKIQ has supported us for TWENTY FOUR YEARS - thank you to all the media outlets for your continued support year after year.

A Very Special Thanks to our Technology Provider:

Without the generosity of this technology provider, this site would not be as useful and usable as it is. I am truly grateful for their investments in helping me bring this community service site to you.

InfoQuest Technologies, a leading provider of web hosting and other hosted Internet Business Solutions, has provided California Christmas Lights with "advanced" web hosting for TWENTY FOUR YEARS.