Drive through Windcrest for the light displays This Northeastern burb is all about the over-the-top Christmas light displays. One family even took home the $50,000 grand prize on ABC’s The Great Christmas Light Fight in 2021 for their holiday display. Pile into the car and marvel at just how seriously some folks take decorating their houses. Credit: Photo via Instagram / topo_tron

With Thanksgiving over, it’s time to get those lights out of the attic and start decorating.

However, it’s going take a National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation type of light display to be the talk of the neighborhood this year, as San Antonio ranks among the cities with the most festive light displays, according to one recent study.

San Antonio ranked as the No. 5 most festive city this holiday season, up five spots from last year, according to a study released by home maintenance provider app Thumbtack earlier this month.

Thumbtack ranked cities on their festiveness based on the frequency of consumer requests for holiday lighting installations and removals since Oct. 2022.

10 Most Festive U.S. Cities, according to Thumbtack

  1. Austin
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth
  3. Houston
  4. Seattle
  5. San Antonio
  6. Atlanta
  7. Phoenix
  8. Tampa
  9. Denver
  10. Orlando

Apparently, everything really is bigger in Texas, including holiday light displays. Four Texas cities also cracked the top 10. Austin took the top spot, while the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex came in at No. 2, with Houston trailing at No. 3.

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This article appears in Nov 15-28, 2023.

Michael Karlis is a multimedia journalist at the San Antonio Current, whose coverage in print and on social media focuses on local and state politics. He is a graduate of American University in Washington,...