November 29 – December 31, 2019 (Closed December 25th)
Bellingrath Gardens and Home is celebrating the 24th year of Magic Christmas in Lights in 2019! In this Gulf Coast holiday tradition, guests stroll through a dazzling light display that features more than 1,100 set pieces, 3 million lights and 15 scenes throughout the 65-acre Garden estate. In addition, the Bellingrath Home is decorated in its holiday finery and enhanced with beautiful poinsettias.
Magic Christmas in Lights opens on November 29 and continues nightly, rain or shine, through December 31, 2019 (closed Christmas Day). Magic Christmas in Lights is open each night from 5 to 9 p.m. Tours of the Bellingrath Home are every hour and half hour until 8:30 p.m.
Magic Christmas in Lights includes nightly choral performances on the South Terrace of the Home on Sundays through Thursdays. In addition, guests may purchase hot chocolate on Live Oak Plaza to warm the heart and soul.
The holiday light display has received numerous honors over the years. Magic Christmas in Lights was a Southeast Tourism Society Top 20 Festival & Event winner for December 2018. The display was also ranked on USA Today’s 2018 list of “10 Best Botanical Garden Holiday Light Displays,” which was compiled with readers’ online votes, and selected to the American Bus Association’s “Top 100 Events of 2016.”
Magic Christmas in Lights is a family-friendly event for all ages to get everyone into the holiday spirit. After touring the lights, guests will want to have photos taken with Santa and find that perfect holiday present in the popular Bellingrath Gift Shop.
Tickets
- Special group rates are available for Magic Christmas in Lights. Call 251.459.8986 for information and rates.
- Military Mondays are back! Each Monday of Magic Christmas in Lights, military personnel and their immediate families are eligible for a 15% admissions discount on Gardens-only tickets. The dates are Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30.
- Please note: Tickets purchased online are good for any night of Magic Christmas in Lights throughout the 2019 season.
- Tickets are nonrefundable.