Between holiday parties, on Sunday, December 4, I managed to take a bit of a detour just 20 miles east of downtown Nashville by way of I-40 to nearby Lebanon, Tennessee to experience the Festival of Lights.
Located within the more than 250 acres of the James E. Ward Agricultural and Community Center, the Festival of Lights has become a Middle Tennessee holiday tradition over the past decade. For a mere $5 per car, you can embark on a spectacular driving tour that includes lighted displays depicting both traditional religious aspects of the reason for the season, as well as scenes from Santa's winter wonderland.
Covering several acres, the Festival of Lights drive-thru tour transforms Wilson County's Tanasi Indian Village and Fiddlers Grove Historic Village into a spectacular reverse parade. Among the highlights are the more than 40 village houses lit especially for the holiday, a scene depicting everyone's favorite Grinch, who's apparently been apprehended in the Fiddlers Grove Jail, and even a lighted post office box with an apparent direct delivery system to the North Pole where you can drop your letter to Santa without ever leaving your car.
The Wilson County Festival of Lights is open every Thursday through Sunday in December from 5pm-9pm at Wilson County's James E. Ward Agricultural and Community Center. The Ag Center complex is located just off I-40 Exit 239. Once off the interstate, take US-70W/Sparta Pike toward Lebanon. Travel to 945 East Baddour Parkway and enter on the right. For more information, CLICK HERE or call 615.444.5503.
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