The Top Places to View Christmas Lights in El Paso

The eight-minute laser and light show features over 450,000 multicolored lights set to music, as well as complimentary hot chocolate and cookies, and free photo opportunities with Santa and his elves before and after each show. [Info + Map]

New lighting and decor in and around San Jacinto Plaza, as well as up and down S. El Paso St., and the Winterfest celebration has made downtown El Paso the holiday picture taking destination [Info]

The trees lining the pathways are decked out in their Christmas best with thousands of sparkling lights that turn the campus into a luminous wonderland. Take a chill walk down the sidewalks and pose for pics in front of or inside the beautiful archways. The lights are lit beginning at sundown through January 6. [Map]

Many of the East side subdivision residents adorn their homes and yards in lights and holiday displays. Lights go on beginning at sundown. [Info + Map]

The Lights on the Lake displays, located next to the lake in front of the pavilion, are lit nightly from sundown to 11 p.m. through Jan. 6, 2018. No car entrance fee Mon - Fri, $2 Sat and Sun. [Map]

The city has decked out the trees and lawn areas along the road that leads to the airport. 75,000 lights decorate trees and ten 9-foot tall displays in the shapes of gift boxes, ornaments and stars like the ones in San Jacinto Plaze have been placed along Terminal Drive. The Rental Car Center Courtyard between the terminal and the rental car center has also been festively decorated and has new landscape lighting.