‘Tis the season of CHRISTMAS LIGHTS! My favorite time of year:) This re-post is to remind you of an awesome Christmas-themed $20Date you can do only in the month of December. Also, the Columbus Zoo has 1/2 off Wednesdays to Franklin County residents – making your trip to the Zoo to see Wildlights only $15! {+$7 for parking, making this a not-so-quite $20Date…}
What: Drive through Light Show!
Where: Alum Creek State Park Campground- 2911 S. Old State Road, Delaware, OH 43015
When: Just during the Holiday Season until January 1
{Monday-Thursday & Sunday = 5:30p-9:30p; Friday-Saturday = 5:30p-10:30p}
Fantasy of Lights
The Fantasy of Lights is an awesome date for this time of year! Rob & I drove up north to experience this for the first time last weekend and had a great $20 Date. When you enter the campground, you pay $15/car, turn off your car lights and drive slowly into the light show. There are so many unique, and sometimes hilarious, light displays, that we found ourselves constantly doing double-takes!
Afterward, we drove down the road a bit to Santa’s Workshop, where we got free hot chocolate and cookies and debated whether or not to get our picture taken with Santa. But after getting #57 and hearing #12 called, we passed. Sorry Santa! We took our picture with the Christmas Raccoon instead;)
**Since the light show is only about 30 minutes and Santa’s Workshop, even if you spend some time in their gift shop, takes only about another 30 minutes, we have more ideas to make this date longer! There are many huge neighborhoods around Alum Creek in Delaware County FULL of great individual light displays. If you want to expand your date night, continue driving south into whichever neighborhood of your choosing and spend some time driving around for free–oooing and ahhhing at the beautiful Christmas lights.
$15 to enter the light show + free hot chocolate & cookies = $15!
Kisses:
*Each light display is different & unique! We saw a light-up Santa grilling out in front of his RV, reindeers playing Olympic Reindeer games & even Santa driving a school bus:)
*You stay warm in the car!
*The light display is fun for all ages & provides great conversation starters.
*If you make this date a group friend date, you could split the cost of entry & still have $$ to go out for coffee by Polaris afterward!
*Partial proceeds benefit Recreation Unlimited, an organization that provides services to those with disabilities!
*This Wednesday & Thursday is just $10/car!
Misses:
*Some cars kept their lights on while driving through the campground–psh!
Happy Dating,
PocketBook Jess
Yay you’re in a photo!
Haha you inspired me to put more photos of myself on the posts!