COLORADO NEWS

One Denver Christmas Display Named Among the Best in America by U.S. News

Dec 1, 2023, 3:48 PM

(Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images)...

(Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

(Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

There are a ton of ways to get festive this holiday season in Denver, but only one display was named by U.S. News & World Report as one of the 25 best Christmas light displays and tours of 2023.

Denver Botanic Gardens’ Blossom of Lights was the only Colorado destination mentioned on the list from the popular publication this year. 

Blossom of Lights is open now until Jan. 7, 2024.

Here’s the full list of the 25 locations, in no particular order:

  • Gardens Aglow at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: Boothbay, Maine
  • Dyker Heights light displays: Brooklyn, New York
  • ZooLights at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo: Washington, D.C.
  • Koziar’s Christmas Village: Bernville, Pennsylvania
  • Garden of Lights at Brookside Gardens: Wheaton, Maryland
  • Fantasy in Lights at Callaway Resort & Gardens: Pine Mountain, Georgia
  • Louisiana Holiday Trail of Lights: Various cities in Louisiana
  • Nights of a Thousand Candles at Brookgreen Gardens: Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
  • Nights of Lights: St. Augustine, Florida
  • Magic Christmas in Lights at Bellingrath Gardens and Home: Theodore, Alabama
  • Garden Lights, Holiday Nights at Atlanta Botanical Garden: Atlanta, Georgia
  • Pigeon Forge Winterfest: Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
  • Christmas Town USA: McAdenville, North Carolina
  • Austin Trail of Lights: Austin, Texas
  • River of Lights at ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden: Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • World of Illumination at Tempe Diablo Stadium: Tempe, Arizona
  • Illumination: Tree Lights at The Morton Arboretum: Lisle, Illinois
  • An Old Time Christmas at Silver Dollar City: Branson, Missouri
  • Blossoms of Light and Trail of Lights at Denver Botanic Gardens: Denver, Colorado
  • Zoo Lights at Oregon Zoo: Portland, Oregon
  • Enchanted Forest of Light at Descanso Gardens: Flintridge, California
  • Glittering Lights at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Winter Garden aGlow at Idaho Botanical Garden: Boise, Idaho
  • Village of Lights: Christmastown: Leavenworth, Washington

Colorado News

Rocky Mountain Memories...

Shawn Patrick

Giant $3.5 million crystal tree likely coming to Denver’s airport

Let me say that I am an art fan, but I am also on a budget, so $3.5 million for a piece of art seems steep to me… Denver International […]

2 hours ago

Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images...

Shawn Patrick

Are Colorado’s polarizing politician Lauren Boebert and Kid Rock an item?

Because I know how some people think, let me start tis article by saying it has nothing to do with politics. It has to do with a famous person from […]

3 hours ago

(Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)...

Shawn Patrick

It looks like Colorado is about to get it’s first Aldi store

In the last few years Colorado finally got In-N-Out Burger, Buc-ee’s, and Whatabuger, so it’s about time we get an Aldi now too, right? Colorado is one of just a […]

4 hours ago

GrubHub...

Sarah Baines

Colorado State University introduces food-delivering robots

Colorado State University has welcomed new six-wheeled residents to its campus. As of January 27, CSU became the first university in Colorado to introduce food-delivering autonomous robots. There are 13 […]

5 hours ago

(Photo By Brian Brainerd/The Denver Post via Getty Images)...

Shawn Patrick

Temperatures could dip to as low as -15 with windchill in Denver this week

I fell way too hard for the nearly 70 degree temperatures we had in Denver last week. So what’s coming later this week sounds TERRIBLE!! Our partners at 9News say […]

1 day ago

(Lance McMillan/Toronto Star via Getty Images)...

Shawn Patrick

Colorado’s ten cent bag fee is here to stay after vote

A couple of weeks ago I told you about a lawmaker in Colorado trying to get rid of bag fees and cage-free egg laws in Colorado… Well, one of his […]

1 day ago

One Denver Christmas Display Named Among the Best in America by U.S. News