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Here’s Your NOVA Holiday Bucket List

Posted by Lauren Weiner on November 20th, 2025

Go See Some Christmas Lights

The most well-known light show in NoVA is the Bull Run Festival of Lights. It’s a 2.5-mile drive through some decently nice lights with a pop-up carnival at the end. There’s no music, though, and the price isn’t all that cheap either.   Meadowlark’s Walk of Lights at Botanical Gardens is another option. The trail is a paved half-mile, and for extra festive feels, they have warmed beverages and marshmallow roasting at the end of the road. To enter this light show, tickets have to be purchased online.  My personal favorite light show is not brought to you by a company, but rather a lovely lady named Holly. Holly’s Tacky Christmas Lights Tour is her special rendition of a drive-through lights show. She…

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